Forensic Psychology Final Exam Questions
With Solved Solutions.
Incarceration in the US
- The US justice system controls almost 7 million people, more than half of whom are on probation
- Probation: 3.6 million
- Correctional Facilities: 2.3 million
- Parole: 840,000
High Rates of Incarceration in the US
Imprisons larger percent of its citizens for longer time than any other industrialized democracy
Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment of US Residents Born in 2001
- All men: 1 in 9
- White men: 1 in 17
- Latino men: 1 in 6
- Black men: 1 in 3
State Expenditures on Corrections in US
- Rapidly increasing, started at $6.7 billion in 1985
- Today, over $89 billion spent on corrections
Cost of Incarceration
- Cost of incarceration is expensive
- Costs $42,672 per prisoner per year
- More for elderly prisoners
- Every $1 spent on corrections is $1 less spent on public education, parks, and healthcare
"Crime Control" Model When Spending
- Congress more inclined to increase budget for corrections
- Comes at cost to other things
Does Prison Work?
Does it reduce crime?
- Depends on the crime
- Reduces violent crime
- Does not reduce financially-motivated crimes (selling of drugs, stealing cars, fencing stolen property)
Does Prison Rehabilitate?
- Fails at rehabilitation
- Prison time INCREASES crime
- Matched design by RAND corporation
- Same offense, gender, race, previous offenses
- 1/2 given prison time, 1/2 given supervised probation
- Those given prison time more likely to recidivate
Why Do We Punish?
Today:
- Criminal sentences are longer
With Solved Solutions.
Incarceration in the US
- The US justice system controls almost 7 million people, more than half of whom are on probation
- Probation: 3.6 million
- Correctional Facilities: 2.3 million
- Parole: 840,000
High Rates of Incarceration in the US
Imprisons larger percent of its citizens for longer time than any other industrialized democracy
Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment of US Residents Born in 2001
- All men: 1 in 9
- White men: 1 in 17
- Latino men: 1 in 6
- Black men: 1 in 3
State Expenditures on Corrections in US
- Rapidly increasing, started at $6.7 billion in 1985
- Today, over $89 billion spent on corrections
Cost of Incarceration
- Cost of incarceration is expensive
- Costs $42,672 per prisoner per year
- More for elderly prisoners
- Every $1 spent on corrections is $1 less spent on public education, parks, and healthcare
"Crime Control" Model When Spending
- Congress more inclined to increase budget for corrections
- Comes at cost to other things
Does Prison Work?
Does it reduce crime?
- Depends on the crime
- Reduces violent crime
- Does not reduce financially-motivated crimes (selling of drugs, stealing cars, fencing stolen property)
Does Prison Rehabilitate?
- Fails at rehabilitation
- Prison time INCREASES crime
- Matched design by RAND corporation
- Same offense, gender, race, previous offenses
- 1/2 given prison time, 1/2 given supervised probation
- Those given prison time more likely to recidivate
Why Do We Punish?
Today:
- Criminal sentences are longer
