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Chapter 10
Life in Prison
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2012

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COMMISSARY
Definition
THE PRISON STORE, AS WELL AS THE INCIDENTAL ITEMS SOLD TO INAMTES.
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HANDS OF DOCTRINE
Definition
A POLIC THAT COURTS USE TO JUSTIFY NONIVTERVENTION IN THE DAILY ADMINISTRATION OF CORRECTIONS AGENCIES.
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CIVIL RIGHTS
Definition
SOMETIMES CALLED CIVIL LIBERTIES. ALL THE NATURAL RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, SUCH AS FREE SPEECH ADN THE RIGHT TO RELIGOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.
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CORRECTIONAL OFFICER (GUARD)
Definition
A CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEE WITH SURPERVISORY POWER OVER A SUSPECT OR CONVICTED OFFENDER IN CUSTODY
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SOCIAL SYSTEM
Definition
THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ROLES, ACTS, AND STATUTES OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE. A SOCIAL GROUPS OR SET OF INTERACTING PERSONS OR GROUPS CONSIDERED A UNITARY WHOLE BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE COMMON VALUES, SOCIAL NORMS, AND OBJECTIVES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOM IT COMPRISES, EVEN THOUGH THE GROUP IS CONSIDERED DISTINCT FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
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PRISONIZATION
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THE PROCESS OF AN INMATE BECOMING ACCUSTOMED TO THE SUBCULTURE OF PRISON LIFE.
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NORMS
Definition
THE RULES OR STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR, SHARED BY MEMBERS OF SOCIAL GROUP, THE DEFINE APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
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DEPRIVATION MODEL
Definition
A MODEL OF PRISONIZATION BASED ON THE BELEIF THAT THE PRISON SUBCULTURE STEMS FROM THE THE WAY INMATES ADAPT TO THE SEVERE PYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL LOSSES IMPOSED BY IMPRISONMENT.
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IMPRTATION MODEL
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A MODEL BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE INMATE SUBCULTURE ARISES NOT ONLY FROM INTERNAL PRISON EXPERIENCES BUT ALSO FROM THE EXTERNAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR THE INMATES BRING INTO PRISON.
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CONJUGAL VISITS
Definition
VISITS THAT PERMIT INMATES TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL AND OTHER SOCIAL CONTACTS WITH THEIR SPOUSES IN AN UNSUPERVISED, PRIVATE SETTING.
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