Ca2 Nic
Ca2 Nic
CORRECTION - is the branch of the administration of CJS charged with the responsibility for the custody,
supervision and rehabilitation of convicted offenders.
- also defined as the study of jail or prison management and administration
NON-INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION - it refers to correctional activities that may take place within the
community or the method of correcting sentenced offenders.
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY - shall refer to absolute pardon, conditional pardon with or without parole
conditions and commutation of sentence as may be granted by the president of the PH
BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE (BPP) - under the law, the president has the power to grant pardons,
commutation, reprieves, amnesty for all offenses
4 TYPES OF CLEMENCY :
1. PARDON – is a form of executive clemency granted by the president of the PH as a privilege extended
to a convict as a discretionary act of grace
2. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE – reduction in sentence
3. AMNESTY - a special form of pardon exercised by the president of the republic is amnesty.
- is a general pardon extended to a certain class of people who are usually political offenders
4. REPRIEVE - like pardon, reprieve is also another prerogative exercised by the president of the PH, it is
applied to death sentence.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE :
1. MAXIMUM SENTENCE - the outer limit of punishment, beyond which a convicted person may not
remain in custody
2. MINIMUM SENTENCE - the mandatory minimum penalty or duration of sentence a PDL must serve in
prison
DETERMINATE SENTENCE - is a jail or prison sentence that has a definite or fixed length of period and
cant be reviewed or changed by parole.
PD 968 - adult probation law (july 24, 1976)
CARPETA - institutuinal record
MITTIMUS ORDER - service sentence (prisoner)
COMMITMENT ORDER - waiting trial (detainee)
3 DIVISION OF CRIMINOLOGY :
1. SOCIOLOGY OF LAW - understanding the nature of criminal law and its procedure administration
2. CRIMINAL ETOLOGY - origin, genesis
3. PENOLOGY/PENAL SCIENCE - the study of punishment of crimes or of criminal offenders
latin word "poena" - meaning pain/suffering
greek word "logos" - to study
4. VICTIMOLOGY - is the study of the role victim towards his own victimization
ADVANTAGES :
Rehabilitation will be more effective as the convict will not be exposed to the hardened criminals
Rehabilitation can be monitored by the community
Less costly than incarceration
Family members need not to be victims also for the imprisonment of members