Criminal Justice Word Scramble
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ReEntry | A process of release preparation that begins within the institution and continues in the community |
Two types of ReEntry programs | 1. Changing crime behavior 2. Teaching new Skills |
Changing Crime Behavior Program | Approaches attempting to eliminate behavior directly related to offenders crime |
Teaching New Skills Program | Approaches attempting to teach offenders new skills and ways to deal with daily life |
Drug and Alcohol treatment | -Eligible inmates include those who committed a crime to support a drug habit or those heavily influenced -> only 15% recieve treatment.. 75% need it |
Drug and Alcohol education programs | -use cognitive behavioral approach to focus on problem solving, life skills, stress mngt -for low level users -in or out of prison |
outpatient drug treatment | -use cognitive-behavioral or psychotherapy -for moderate users -primarily out of prison (1-12 months) |
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment | -Therapeutic Communities -users with severe problem in/out of prison -in or out of prison |
Anger Management programs | -uses cognitive-behavioral approach to teach clients to control themselves nonaggressivly -often component of both drug and sex orrender treatement -not much research on these programs in jail/prison but data on ppl who arent in jail/prison effective |
sex offenders | -smaller group of offenders than those needing substance or anger management treatment - varys by offense *Programs tend to be long term with multiple regimens (Victim empathy, chemicals to reduce arousal) -believed to reduce reoffending |
Life skills | classes designed to provide offenders with basic life skills aka learning how to do things they missed EX: - jobs (writing resume, interveiwing, finding a job) -finances (open/balancing accounts, getting credit) -Personal (set/achieve goals, health edu |
where do the children live (dad in prison) | - 89% stay with the mother, and the rest stay with relatives. Less than 2% end up in foster care |
where do the children live (mom in prison) | 53% stay with grandparents, 28% stay with the father, 25% stay with a relative and 9.6% live in foster care |
parenting programs: parents in jail | keep in contact by -letters -phone calls -visits *more than 50% of state prisoners who are parents NEVER receive a personal visit from their children. Location is a key reason |
parenting programs: pregnant mothers | 6-8% of inmates enter prison being prison. If someone doesnt come get the child once it is born it becomes a ward of the state *Considering keeping mom and newborn together in prison: 5 states allow it till kid is 18 months - CA, NE, NY, OH, WA |
Kids in prison | Us is one of the few countries that seperates kids from moms. Reason: 1. Prison is a punishment, why punish child 2. prison isnt a good parent: can skill be taught, is the alternative better? |
HIV/AIDS in prison | 2% male and 3% female are infected - housed in gen pop except for 2 states: AL, MS, SC courts disagree with mandatory testing but some states test inmates at intake, others only at request |
Mental Health | - more than 3x more mentally ill persons inside jail/prison than in mental hospitals - facility isnt designed/staff isnt trained to deal with the mentally ill -most common with female, white and young inmates - 13-19% is severe enough for separate hous |
how the prisons responde | - keep mentally ill in gen popl and offer medacine/counceling -segregate mentally ill in own housing and offer specialized care -provide full-time psychiatric care in prison mental hospital for more severe mentally ill |
speakers | -They spoke about their lives: many drugs/alcohol -there lifestyle, very structured -liked rehabilitation... believed to help them |
Woman in prison video | - women make families - some become lesbians - more close knit, not as violent |
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