Prisons and Corrections

What the unit covers

This unit sits in the Criminal Justice System strand of Criminology. The resources follow corrections from its early history through to modern practice. The mind map Corrections & Rehabilitations starts with the era when crime was blamed on demonic possession. The PRISONS mind map covers the Pennsylvania and Auburn models, the separate and silent systems, and the Kingston penitentiary.

Life inside

Several maps look at what happens behind the walls. The Situational Model map explains aggression through organisational, physical and staff traits in an institution, alongside the deprivation model. Effects of imprisonment links to restorative justice. The Education in prisons._2 map notes that jobs in prison pay while learning often does not. Other maps cover supermax prisons, offenders as victims, drugs, and life-sentenced prisoners. A large group of maps looks at the inmate world set against the legal world.

Beyond the prison

Community options have their own maps on probation, intermediate sanctions and community-based supervision. The Criminal Justice 2 flashcards touch on diversion, net-widening and the reformers John Howard and Elizabeth Fry.

A sensible order

1. Begin with the history in the corrections flashcards or the Corrections & Rehabilitations map.
2. Move on to prison models and the Topic 5 & 6 flashcards on the pains of imprisonment and facility generations.
3. Read the maps on inmate life, then community supervision.
4. Finish with a quiz such as Correctional Systems and Practices - Exam 2, which asks about security threat groups and institutional functions.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a map first, then take a quiz on the same topic. Wrong answers show which branch to revisit. Teachers can pick a map or quiz to set alongside a lesson. When you are ready, build your own maps and flashcards from the gaps you find.