CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anger Management, Clinical Urine Tests, Auburn System
16 Dec 2016
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Steady increase in use: varies by region. Used to reduce imprisonment: requires community resources. Controversial: supported by courts, misunderstood/disliked by public. Premises: reduce prison admissions & operational costs, protect public. Short sentence (55% serving less than a month) 2 types of security: static fencing, alarms, video surveillance, control rooms in institutions, dynamic ongoing interactions in institutions. Prison break: rare in canada, usually walk away from min. security or failure to show up for weekend prison sentences. All aspects of life are conducted in the same place under the same authority. Total institutions (cid:498)a place of residence & work where a large number of like-situated people, cut off from round of life(cid:499) wider society for an appreciable period of time, tgt lead an enclosed, formally administered. Must please politicians, public, interest groups, prison staff. Administration can"t control: gov"t budgetary decisions. Canada) decisions: court decisions, sentencing patterns, classification/prison placements, pbc (parole board of. Inmate safety: violence, hiv/aids & infectious diseases, prevention strategies.
