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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Corrections

Chapter One
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Incarceration Rates in the U.S. Fail to Decline.

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Corrections Explosion

War on Drugs, Get Tough on Crime, Three Strikes, Fear of Civil Litigation
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Correctional Clients

  • Prison Inmates
  • Probationers
  • Parolees
  • Offenders in Alternative Sentencing Programs
  • Offender in Jail
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Felony
Misdemeanor
Infraction

Other Crimes
Violent and Property Crimes

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Measuring Crime

UCR, NIBRS, NCVS, 
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Criminal Justice as a Process

Criminal Justice as a System

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Entering the System
Arraignment/Preliminary Hearing

Judicial Procedures

  • Nolle Prosequi
  • Nolo Contendre
  • Adjudication
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Sentencing Options

  • Community Service
  • Restitution
  • Fines
  • Probation
  • Incarceration
  • Death
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The Correctional Subsystem:
Institutional Corrections

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The Correctional Subsystem

Non-Institutional corrections
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Mores
Folkways
Criminal Law

Professionalism

Profession, Correctional Professional, certification
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Training Standards
120 pre-service
40 in-service

120 Pre-Service Training
40 hours yearly in-service
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American Correctional Association (ACA)
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
American Jail Association (AJA)

Evidence Based Corrections

Application of social scientific techniques to Corrections
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Social Diversity in Corrections:
How social diversity impacts the field, its personnel, clients, and issues.