Explain how major historical circumstances and societal developments contributed to the need for a correctional system. (250–300 words)
Identify three major historical reform movements in the correctional system. Then describe the reasoning behind each reform movement. Finally, explain the degree to which each movement had meaningful and lasting effects on the correctional system. (350–400 words)
Identify three historical correctional practices you think have shaped the contemporary correctional practices the most. Explain how and why. The practices could relate to prison design/construction, prison conditions, rehabilitation, and/or punishment. (250–300 words)
Explain the role of corrections in today’s criminal justice system. Then describe one aspect of the contemporary correctional system that you think still needs to evolve and explain why. (250 words)
Readings:
Stohr, M. K., & Walsh, A. (2017). Corrections: The essentials (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Chapter 2, “Correctional History: Ancient Times to Colonial Jails” (pp. 22-41)
Corrections: The Essentials, 3rd Edition by Stohr, M. K.; Walsh, A. Copyright 2017 by SAGE Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications, Inc via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Stohr, M. K., & Walsh, A. (2017). Corrections: The essentials (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Chapter 3, “Correctional History: The 17th to 20th Centuries” (pp. 42–63)
Corrections: The Essentials, 3rd Edition by Stohr, M. K.; Walsh, A. Copyright 2017 by SAGE Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications, Inc via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Barnes, J. C., & Motz, R. T. (2018). Reducing racial inequalities in adulthood arrest by reducing inequalities in school discipline: Evidence from the school-to-prison pipeline. Developmental Psychology, 54(12), 2328–2340.
For this article, skip the Methods and Results sections on pages 4–8.
Leibovitch, A. (2017). Punishing on a curve. Northwestern University Law Review, 111(5), 1205–1280.
For this article, read pages 1213–1242 about causes of sentencing disparities.
Bagaric, M., Hunter, D., & Wolf, G. (2018). Technological incarceration and the end of the prison crisis. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 108(1), 73–135.
Brooks, D. (2015, September 29). The prison problem. The New York Times, p. 27.
Rubin, A. T. (2018). The prehistory of innovation: A longer view of penal change. Punishment & Society, 20(2), 192–216.
