QUESTIONS

1. Many claim that because jails deter crime, crime rates fall as prison populations rise. What do you think about the relationship you see between the rise in the jail population and the rate of crime? Support your answer with information/statistics from a textbook. (1B). What are the “elements” of the American penal system? (How does it operate? Why are corrections made? Objectives? etc.)

2. Which four features of the criminal justice system are its MAJOR features? (Enumerate and describe everyone). (2B). Describe or clarify the CJS components: The Wedding Cake Model and the Funnel Effect. What effect does each have on the American criminal justice system? (2C) Explain the main types of punishment used from the Middle Ages until the American Revolution.

3. Discuss the Enlightenment Era and how it affected corrections. Who were some of the more influential thinkers? (Be specific). (3B) Describe the penal system and crime in colonial America. (Types of punishment, reasons for punishment, important individuals, etc.) (3C) Describe, contrast, and analyze the underlying presumptions of the prison systems in Pennsylvania and New York.

4. List and briefly explain the goals of corrections. (4B) Define the following: (1) determinate sentencing and (2) indeterminate sentencing. Explain the difference between the two. (4C) In your opinion, do you believe punishment changes antisocial behavior? (Support your answer).

5. Talk about the foundations that underpin the prisoners’ legal rights. (Be specific.) (5B). Discuss the ‘totality of conditions’ doctrine.

MUST USE TEXTBOOK

Title: American Corrections

Author:Clear, Reisig, Cole

Edition: 13th