TO: Students in CJ 50-005

FROM: R. B. Taylor

DATE: 12/1/02

RE: Key terms from Chs 11, 12, and 3 and Albanese Criminal Justice Brief Edition

Although I do NOT promise to have ALL the test questions come from just these terms, these are some of the most important topics in these chapters. You really want to understand these. Super important stuff is underlined.

CHAPTER 11
Pennsylvania system
Auburn system
reformatory movement
differences: maximum (penitentiaries in fed system), medium (correctional institutions in the dederal system), minimum security (or detention centers in federal system)
jails
Rhodes v. Chapman
Estelle v. Gamble
Wilson v. Seiter
recidivism
problems with private prisons
prison admin: control vs. responsibility vs. consensual models
why are prison populations changing?
what are correlates of incarceration?
do we have disproportionate minority confinement?
what are special problems associated with women inmates?
what does prison cost?
why does prison overcrowding occur?
what are the issues around inmate work?
what can be done about drugs in prison?
therapeutic community model
what are the effects of prison on gangs?
what are the causes of prison riots?
what rights do prisoners have in prison?
Hudson v. Palmer

Chapter 12
difference between alternatives to incarceration and follow-ups to incarceration
fines: what are their problems?
day fines
probation: how big is it? what conditions usu. associated?; outcomes
intermediate sanctions
intensive supervision probation or parole
house arrest
home confinement with electronic monitoring: how is it seen? how effective is it?
net widening
the back door: parole release, good time credits, maxing out
parole release decisions: how guided
work release
furloughs
halfway houses
pardons
commutations
authentic justice
restorative justice: restitution, community service, 
mediation
shock incarceration
boot camps: who are they for? what do they accomplish?
shaming
sex offender registries
forfeitures and fees

Chapter 3
conspiracy
white collar crime: definition; how different from street crime
crimes of fraud
crimes against public administration
regulatory offenses
embezzlement
extortion
forgery
fraud - "fraud is at the heart of of the concept of white collar crime" (75)
bribery
obstruction of justice
official misconduct
perjury
corporate crimes
administrative offenses
environmental violations
labor violations
manufacturing violations
unfair trade practices
SKIP pages 81-86 on computer crime
organized crime
provision of illicit services: incl. loan sharking
racketeering
money laundering
how is organized crime organized? along ethnic lines?
STOP AT p. 92 - we will not cover international/transnational crime