Penology and Correction Concepts Flashcards

These flashcards cover key terminology and concepts from the lecture on Penology including correctional strategies, institutional processes, and legal definitions.

What is Deterrence?

A crime-control strategy that uses punishment to prevent others from committing similar crimes.

What is the process of assigning or grouping inmates according to criteria such as sentence, gender, age, and criminal records?

Classification

What is another name for the process of Classification in correctional institutions?

Diversification

What is the definition of Diversification as an administrative device?

A device providing varied and flexible types of physical plants for more effective control of treatment programs for a diversified population.

What is Diversion?

The establishment of alternatives to the formal justice system, such as deferred prosecution resolution or treatment alternatives.

What is Deinstitutionalization?

A crime strategy that focuses on keeping offenders in the community rather than placing them in a long-term institution.

What is a Determinate Sentence?

A fixed period of incarceration imposed on the offender by the court.

What is Escape?

An act of getting out unlawfully from confinement or custody by an inmate.

Which article of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) refers to Evasion of service of sentence?

Art. 157, RPC

From which Greek and Latin words is 'Escape' derived, and what do they mean?

Derived from the Greek word ESCAPIO and the Latin word ESCAPIUM, meaning 'by chance or accident'.

What is a Mittimus?

A warrant issued by a court bearing its seal and the judge's signature, directing prison authorities to receive inmates for custody or service of sentence.

What is Penance?

An ecclesiastical punishment inflicted by an ecclesiastical court for some spiritual offense.

What does Penal Servitude consist of?

A punishment consisting of keeping an offender in confinement and compelling him to labor.

What is a Penalty?

The suffering that is inflicted by the State for the transgression of the law.

What is a Penitentiary?

A prison, correctional institution, or other place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve their sentence.

What information is included in a Prison Record?

Inmate's personal circumstances, offense, sentence, case numbers, service commencement date, confinement place, expiration date, previous convictions, and behavior.

What is Proselytizing?

The act of coercing an inmate to change and practice another religion.

What is Prisonization?

A process by which an inmate learns through socialization in accordance with the rules and regulation of the penitentiary culture.

How does Black's Law Dictionary define Penology?

The science of prison management and rehabilitation of criminals.

What is the goal of Rehabilitation?

To restore an inmate's self-respect and change an offender's character or behavior patterns to diminish criminal propensities.

What is Safekeeping?

The temporary custody of a person for his own protection, safety, or care, or for security from harm for the liability committed.

What are Status Offenses?

Acts or omissions that are not punishable if committed by adults but become anti-social or illegal because the offender is a minor.

What is 'Blue-flu'?

The practice of uniformed personnel taking sick leave en masse to back up demands for improved working conditions or salary increments.

What is a Furlough?

Authorization permitting an inmate to leave containment for emergency family crises, such as a 'death-bed' visit, usually accompanied by an officer.