Tomorrow-Cast 2032

Taken from this website: eastcountymagazine.org/taxonomy/term/6823

My topic is over spending on jails. The government spends $44,000 a year for 1 inmate, and they use our money ( tax money ) to pay for them. If they continue paying this much, we will be in a lot of trouble. Because the percent of inmates increases so much. If we take away some of the luxuries that people in jails have, we would save a lot of money. I think that my topic will effect living organisms in 2032 because we spend so much money on jails  that we wont have enough money for schools. If we stop this we will have enough money for schools and if we do this we would lower the percent of people going to jail.

1)anomie- a breakdown in and disappearance of the rules of social behavior.

2) criminogenic- factors thought tho bring about criminal behavior in an individual.

3) labeling theories-theories emphasizing that the causes of criminal behavior are not found in the individual but in the social process that labels certain acts as deviant or criminal.

4) control theories- theories holding that criminal behavior occurs when the bounds that tie an individual to society are broken or weakened.

5) classical criminology- a school of criminology that views behavior as stemming the free will, that demands responsibility and accountability of all perpetrators, and that stresses the need for punishments severe enough to deter others.

6) biological explanations- explanations of crime that emphasize physiological and neurological factors that may pre-dispose a person to commit suicid

7) Inmate-  a person who is confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital

8) life sentence- when someone guilty of murder or other serious crimes is sent to prison for "life": "He's currently serving two life sentences for murder."

9) felony- a major crime

10) prisonization-The process whereby newly institutionalized offenders come to accept prison lifestyles and criminal values