CCJ 215 1st Edition Exam #3 Study GuideChapter 6Jails and prisons are used for what- Jail- is run by the county sentence les then a year; 60% people are waiting for somethingPrisons- Run by a state and more than a year; there are Minimum- not a lot of security Medium- Maximum- Super maximumViolence in jails and prisons- high number in city prisons Types of sentences- death penaltyCorrectional film narratives:Nature of confinement- inmates appear as victims of injustice The pursuit of justice- a focus on violence in prisons; offender as criminals; focus on flaws of the criminal Authority and control- reintroduced a pessimistic view of corrections against a continuingbackdrop of riot and escape stories Freedom and release- Extreme violence appears for the first time in prison movies; process of humanizing the inmates and dehumanizing the guards. Prison officials influence on the news media- media- constructed correctional officers are, more often than not, oppressive villains. If not oppressive, they are irrelevant.What does correction news focus on?- the tour of the media- constructed world of criminal justice has made its way from the crimes and criminals, to the crime fighters, through the courts and into the correctional system. Heroic inmates versus predatory offenders- the predatory offenders who remain and appears in corrections media constructions are there to threaten the heroic inmates and to create an atmosphere of a constant threat of violence within the institutions. infotainment and how much corrections coverage- Driven by profit motives, the entertainment media have not been overly concerned with projecting an accurate image of corrections. Instead, the entertainment media use the institutions as backdrops to construct stories of social power andpersonal morality that have little connection to correctional issues. Factors that determine quantity of correctional news coverage- How much correctional news is there? - In a study of television and newspaper news, Steven Cermak found that 17 percent of crime and justice stories involved correctional institutions in some manner. Mental illness and the media- read the article "The Blind Men and the Elephant"- read the poem we as people follow like the blind men "Murder in the First"- watch the movie Chapter 7Public service announcements- Ads designed to deter you from committing a crimeCrime stoppers- Crimesstopperusa.com; Picture on the milk cartonMcGruff campaign ads- is an anthropomorphic cartoon bloodhound used by American police in Who are PSA's aimed at- citizens!! “It can wait” for drivers!! Surveillance effect- surveillance programs have expanded the traditional police use of the stakeout and hidden camera to encompass general public space applicationsWhen is media technology used by the criminal justice system? When a crime is caught on camera Use of video recording by the criminal justice systemVideotaped interrogations - any problems with this- no became it records the way the police are acting and everything they say and the same for the suspect. Victimization reduction ads and factors that influence these campaigns and what success do they have- victimization-reduction campaigns are considered useful means of disseminating anticrimeinformation to the public and someone influencing related attitudes, but they appear to affect behavior only marginally. Media campaigns and people's attitudes toward crime prevention- most people only pay attentionto them after something happens to them or someone close to their life. But most people think it won’t happen to me. Can media deter offenders? - Yes a lot of most wanted people were caught because people called in and the media informed them of them of the