1) The American Justice System is heavily focused on punitive punishment as a deterrent for criminal behavior, resulting in mass incarceration. Is this a working system? Why or why not? If not, what would you suggest could be done to help reform the system? (Hint: Consider alternatives to punishment, covered in your first lecture this week.)

2) The media and popular culture of the 1980s widely sensationalized the danger of drugs, leading to the "war on drugs". How do you think this changed our society's view on drugs and the people who use them? How might this mindset perpetuate inequity at different levels of law enforcement (e.g., whether a police offer arrests a suspect, how the court rules on a suspect's guilt or sentence)?