Chapter 1: Homework Assignment: Questions for Critical Analysis

(Please answer the six (06) critical thinking question on page 34 in your textbook. Each question must be typed and identified with a number. Each answer to the question shall be typed and identified by an "A" to designate an answer to the question. This assignment must be submitted on Canvas no later than the due date. Assignments submitted with improper English, misspelled words, poor punctuation, and/or poor grammar will receive zero (0) points. Students who submit assignments not in the proper format as directed will receive zero (0) points for the assignment.)

1. Which of the reasons why we punish has the greatest influence on the public and its policy makers today?

2. Do you think retribution will continue to be as popular as it has been in recent years? Will the costs of corrections affect this desire to incarcerate so many, for so long, and in long-term institutions?

3. With the rise of professionalism in corrections, what can be done about those who continue to demonstrate a retributive spirit and express brutality toward inmates?

4. What were the advantages and disadvantages of public executions of offenders? Would you favor televised public executions? If not, why not?

5. Alexander Maconochie thought that prison governors or wardens should belong to a profession. If so, how would the warden qualify as a professional? What experience and talents are needed?

6. What can corrections today learn from the correctional systems found at the Eastern State and Auburn penitentiaries? It can be argued that the reforms proposed in the First Correctional Congress, held in 1870, still have not been fully implemented in contemporary corrections. Why is that? Why did the reformatory model fall short of its hopeful goals? Is the medical model of rehabilitation an appropriate model for a prison setting?

Chapter 2: Homework Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions

(Please answer the five (5) critical thinking questions on page 57 in your textbook. Each question must be typed and identified with a number. Each answer to the question shall be typed and identified by an "A" to designate an answer to the question. This assignment must be submitted on Canvas no later than the due date. Assignments submitted with improper English, misspelled words, poor punctuation, and/or poor grammar will receive zero (0) points. Students who submit assignments not in the proper format as directed will receive zero (0) points for the assignment.)

1. Tomorrow you will appear before the judge. Are you hoping for an indeterminate or a determinate sentence? Why? Compare the two types of sentencing.

2. Of the various goals of sentencing, which one do you favor? Why? Explain the disposition suitable to your choice.

3. Do you believe the punishment should fit the crime or the needs of the offender? Explain your reasoning.

4. Do you think a just system of sentence is possible? Why or why not?

5. Attend a criminal trial and describe the difficulties you would have in imposing a just and reasonable sentence.

Chapter 3: Homework Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions

(Please answer the (5) chapter critical thinking questions on pages 89 in your textbook. Each question must be typed and identified with a number. Each answer to the question shall be typed and identified by an "A" to designate an answer to the question. This assignment must be submitted on Canvas no later than the due date. Assignments submitted with improper English, misspelled words, poor punctuation, and/or poor grammar will receive zero (0) points. Students who submit assignments not in the proper format as directed will receive zero (0) points for the assignment.)

1. "I sentence you to 18 months of probation," the judge says. What benefits do you expect from serving out your sentence in the community?

2. Why is probation considered a second chance?

3. Probationers enjoy many of the same rights as unconvicted citizens. But a probationer's right to know on what information his or her sentence is based is a hotly debated issue. Why do many probation officers object to making PSI reports public?

4. How do you feel about placing on probation those who have committed felonies? How about placing sex offenders on probation?

5. How would one develop the attributes described as needed to be an effective probation officer?

Chapter 4: Homework Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions

(Please answer the three (3) chapter critical thinking questions on page 121 in your textbook. Each question must be typed and identified with a number. Each answer to the question shall be typed and identified by an "A" to designate an answer to the question. This assignment must be submitted on Canvas no later than the due date. Assignments submitted with improper English, misspelled words, poor punctuation, and/or poor grammar will receive zero (0) points. Students who submit assignments not in the proper format as directed will receive zero (0) points for the assignment.)

1. Why are intermediate sanctions one form of punishment about which individuals with competing views can reach some agreement?

2. Of the various types of intermediate punishments, which one makes the most sense to you? How would you recommend expanding it?

3. Of the various types of intermediate punishments, which makes the least sense to you? What do you feel is needed to make it more acceptable?

Chapter 5: Homework Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions

(Please answer the four (4) chapter critical thinking questions on page 153 in your textbook. Each question must be typed and identified with a number. Each answer to the question shall be typed and identified by an "A" to designate an answer to the question. This assignment must be submitted on Canvas no later than the due date. Assignments submitted with improper English, misspelled words, poor punctuation, and/or poor grammar will receive zero (0) points. Students who submit assignments not in the proper format as directed will receive zero (0) points for the assignment.)

1. You are the undersheriff (in charge) at the Y County Jail. The rated capacity is 350, but the population for the last six months has exceeded 500. No relief is in sight. The budget is tight, and the food is meager and unappetizing. An 18-year-old inmate asks for an interview with you. He tells you that the older men in the tank to which he is assigned attempted to sexually assault him after lights out. He wants protection. He is serving a year and a day for auto theft and has nearly all of it left to serve. How would you handle this situation?

2. Sexual exploitation is not your only problem. The trafficking of cocaine and marijuana in Y County is heavy and poorly controlled by the police. A lot of stuff is coming into the jail. A study by the district attorney's investigative staff finds that officers are bringing much of it for sale to inmate gang leaders. The investigators recommend that all officers be routinely frisked when they arrive at work. You know that many officers will protest that this is unfair to the law-abiding majority of the staff. Will you adopt the district attorney's recommendation anyway? If so, how will you deal with the protest by correctional officers that is sure to follow? What measures would you employ to eliminate traffic in drugs inside the jail?