Exam 13: The Future of Corrections

According to the text, the get-tough approach is likely to continue because it is politically appealing.

__________ has trimmed its prison population to under 135,000 inmates, but this has been done in response to a Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Plata).

This means that medicines may eliminate many of the problem behaviors that lead to some crimes.

__________ justice focuses on vengeance, deterrence, and punishment.

__________ justice is concerned with repairing the damage or harm done to victims and the community through a process of negotiation, mediation, victim empowerment, and reparation.

Discuss the possible future scenarios for corrections noted in this chapter. Note the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario.

Referring to this approach as ?__________, proponents argue that probation officers should be like community police officers and get out in the community, spend more time checking up on probationers, enforce conditions quickly, and participate in community crime prevention efforts.

Economic pragmatism refers to states pursuing policies that save money.

__________ is a form of punishment for those offenders not considered serious enough to be sent to prison.

Of all the possible paths that corrections may pursue noted in this chapter, which two are your choices for the best options? Discuss why you chose the two options you selected.

Can you think of any other directions that corrections can or should take in the next few years? Explain.

According to the text, this would allow inmates to have court hearings without leaving the prison or jail and allow probationers to report via computers instead of directly to a probation officer.

Michael Jacobson proposes __________ for parole violators so not as many of them will be sent back to prison.

According to the text, the trend of privatization is not likely to continue in the future.

Ethics Focus: "Where Do We Go From Here?" The possible futures addressed in this chapter include a continued emphasis on punishment, devoting more resources to correctional treatment, pursuing restorative justice, and greater attention to spiritual values. -Which are more morally responsible?

__________ would allow inmates to be diagnosed remotely without a physician making face-to-face physical contact.

A dramatic example of the get-tough approach is an effort to make probation similar to community policing.

According to the text, __________ are building and operating increasingly more prisons and jails.

The combining of the principles of restorative justice and those of rehabilitation is referred to as ________.

The _________ approach includes the building of more prisons, processing more juveniles as adults in criminal court, the continued use of capital punishment, continued de-emphasis of parole, and turning probation into a type of community policing with increasingly more drug testing and less rehabilitation.