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contraband detection device: concealed weapon and contraband imaging detection system |
hand-held and walk through metal detectors are the most frequently used devices in prisons and jails - does not detect non-metallic objects and drugs |
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contraband detection device: ion mobility spectrometer scanning |
only effective in identifying drugs, but better at identifying coke (90%), pot (24%) |
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contraband detection device: backscatter x-ray |
can detect metallic and nonmetallic contraband - limitation - privacy, exposure to radiation |
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Types of duress alarm systems for corrections officers in indoor and outdoor settings: panic button |
by pushing a button it transmits a signal to a central alarm console |
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Types of duress alarm systems for corrections officers in indoor and outdoor settings: identification alarm |
portable transmitters broadcast a wireless signal to a nearby sensor, the signal includes an identification code that tells the dispatcher who sounded the alarm |
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Types of duress alarm systems for corrections officers in indoor and outdoor settings: identification/location alarm |
just like type 2 with the added feature of tracking corrections facility staff member and pinpointing the alarm location |
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voice response translators |
a portable electronic translation device that emits short, pre recorded phrases in several languages |
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CopTrans |
a two-way translation software that allows two users to speak, each in their own language and then translate it |
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Phraselator |
a hand-held, one-way, voice-to-voice translation system that translates english into one or more target languages |
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SYSTRAN Software |
offers desktop products, client/server systems, and internet services that may be applicable to law enforcement and corrections in translating website content, documents, letters, emails, and other text in 36 languages |
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What are super-max prisons |
to control inmates defined as high violence risk, or who requires special management due to their crime |
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What is the extent to super-max prisons |
1% of all prisoners are currently housed there |
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external classification system |
are currently used by all federal and state prison systems in the country to determine the initial level of security/control needed over the incoming prisoner population |
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internal classification system |
in order to make prison safer, a variety of assessment instruments are used to classify inmates in each of the following areas: threat, mental health, physical health, treatment, high risk |
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% of prisoners classified as max |
35% |
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% of prisoners classified as med |
35% |
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% of prisoners classified as max |
10% |
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% of prisoners classified as super max |
1% |
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types of special population housing |
administrative segregation (6%) protective custody (2%) severe mental health (2%) medical problems (2%) |
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How many inmates are placed under special population |
15% |
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extent of inmate health problems |
treatment and control of the mentally ill offenders is one of the most serious management problems facing prison officials today |
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How many serious mental disorder prisoners are there |
1 in 5 offenders |
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Severely mentally ill in prison vs in psychiatric hospital |
3x |
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electronic supervision tools in community corrections types |
rely on radio frequency (RF)
continuous signaling (CS) random calling (RC) GPS |
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the extent of electronic supervision tools in community corrections |
relatively few of the nearly 5 million persons on parole in 2004 were supervised by EM tech - comprised fewer than 1% on parole |
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effectiveness of electronic supervision tools in community corrections |
there is no empirical evidence that EM works as a recidivism reduction strategy |
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The use of polygraph tests in sex offender treatment |
there are no recent stats on the prevalence of __ reports say 16% of probation and parole agencies employed the __ in sex offender supervison there is emerging recognition that the __ may become an indispensable tool for managing sex offenders |
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The use of plethysmographs in sex offender treatment |
no data - it is certainly an example of a new technology being applied to a target population that we are attempting to treat and control in the community |
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kiosks to monitor offender location, using biometric devices |
there are so officers can enroll an offender and capture their fingerprint digitally, a user identification number is created based upon the PACTS number. When using the technology a biometric sample is taken NYC uses it the most |
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California vs Johnson |
declared that racial segregation was unconstitutional |
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Escape/flight risk: how often does it happen and why? |
assessing flight risk is difficult because the base rate is so low, happens 0.4 escapes per 100 inmates |
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Field search |
computer program which allows officers to monitor the use of an offender home computer |
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% of drug offenders in federal prisons |
60% |
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% of drug offenders in state prisons |
30% |
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% of probationers who successfully complete probation; is it getting higher or lower over time? |
60% - decreased over the past several decades |
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% of parolees who successfully complete probation; is it getting higher or lower over time? |
50% - over time it has decreased but not as dramatically |
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# of offenders under correctional control in the US |
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% of offenders under correctional control in prison |
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% of offenders under community supervision |
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cost of corrections |
60 billion and climbing |
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common strategies used to reduce correctional cost |
justice reinvestment; reallocation of prison funds to community correction initiatives |
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The methamphetamine remote recovery project |
used in conjunction with a cognitive-based treatment philosophy, computer technologies provide more opportunity for communication between the probation officer and the offender for routine supervisory check-ins as well as determine in individual treatment needs |
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E-treat |
computer-assisted intervention for individual seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder |
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Ann-e |
iPhone app allows person involved in 20 step program to find meeting being held also can use the app to talk to people and receive support |
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cell phones in prisons; detention strategies |
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prisoner phone service cost issues |
in 2013 almost half a billion were paid in confession fees to prisons, state and local government by companies offering inmates these services |
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Compstat and reentry; 4 basic principles of compstat driven reentry initiatives: intelligence |
assessing individual and community risk |
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Compstat and reentry; 4 basic principles of compstat driven reentry initiatives: rapid deployment |
target high risk offenders, smaller case loads, resources available immediately upon release |
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Compstat and reentry; 4 basic principles of compstat driven reentry initiatives: effective tactics |
evidence-based practice matching programs to offender problems |
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Compstat and reentry; 4 basic principles of compstat driven reentry initiatives: follow-up and assessment |
performance measurement and identification of high performance and low performance programs 897 |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: PCL-R |
the psychopathy check-list, revised - 20 - items instrument score
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Risk assessment in community corrections: LSI-R |
the level of service inventory-revised: has 54 items that are rationally grouped in 10 subscales, criminal history, education, finances, family, accommodation leisure, companions, drug, emotional. The items are scored in a 0/1 format indicating the presence or absence of the idem sum of all is 54 |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: HCR-20 |
the historical, clinical, and risk management violence risk assessment scheme |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: VRAG: |
the violence risk appraisal guide |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: LCSF: |
the lifestyle criminality screening form - 14-item scale with 4 section, irresponsibly, self- indulgence, interpersonal intrusiveness, social rule breaking |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: RRASOR |
rapid risk assessment for sexual offense recidivism |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: Static- 99 |
risk assessment for sex offenders |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: MnSOST-r |
minnesotas sex offender screening tool-revised |
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Risk assessment in community corrections: SVR-20: |
sexual violence risk - 20 |