Guiding Questions, April 12

APRIL 12  Class questions

1) Drawing from last week's lecture and this week's readings and text
material throughout the term, think about the following:

   a) How have prisons in the US changed in the last 150 years?
   b) How have these changes reflected corresponding changes in other
      areas of the criminal justice system (police, courts) 
   c) Have there been corresponding ideological changes underlying
      shifts on CJ policies?

2) Drawing from tonights readings and from prison trips, that presumably
everybody either went on or had a chance to follow because this is grad
school, how does prison culture facilitate or inhibit re-entry into
society?

3) Although not required for this Weds, read the following article:
   http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~jthomas/class/388/Misc/page.pdf

What are the policy implications if we want to reduce crime?

4) After reading the Cressey and Roebuck articles, and after thinking
about contemporary prison culture, which of the two pieces has the most
merit?