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Here is the final exam. You MUST answer one (but only one) question
from PART A and one (but only one) from PART B! Answers must reflect
ALL class material, must integrate material, and must demonstrate that
you have understood and can synthesize what you have learned, drawing
from various issues, data, and other COURSE MATERIAL! Although you can
Google information, the answer MUST relate to what we have discussed and
not just cut-and-paste information and ignore class ideas, issues,
or comments.
Each question must be answered completely. This normaly takes about 500
words or more for each question, typed or printed out.
When you complete the final, place it in my mailbox. Or, if you are
unable to come to campus, you may email it to me as an attachment
no later than Tuesday, 4:30 pm on May 4.
--For an A on the exam, you MUST demonstrate complete mastery of the
material. Many of the questions have been discussed on WebBoard and
the structure of a good answer provided by some students. You MUST
integrate issue, and not just limit your discussion to a simple
regurgitation of material. An A answer must show thought and understanding.
--For an B, you must demonstrate good mastery of material.
--For an C, you must write an adequate answer that reflects basic
knowledge and understanding of material in text and lecture.
--For a D, if you show that you were at least breathing, you might pass.
Answers must reflect all sources (WebBoard, lecture, text, tours,
and Google).
NOTE: BS and fluff will be downgraded. Do not try to slip by by
writing something that anybody walking in off the street could have
have written.
REMEMBER: NO cutting-and-pasting of material! You must demonstrate
thought and knowledge and it's YOUR ideas that drive the answer.
****PART A****
1. Compare and contrast Stateville, Dwight, and Pontiac on all aspects
of corrections (programs, administration, architecture, prison culture,
mission, costs, political obstacles, and other issues we have discussed).
2. Fully Compare and contrast men's and women's prisons. Issues must
include programs, mission, management, control mechanisms, prison culture, and
all of the other issues discussed in class.
3. What are the barriers to a prisoner's "making it" upon release, and how
could these be changed? (NOTE: This includes not only what happens on
release, but what happens in prison).
****PART B****
4. Compare and contrast the DEPRIVATION and IMPORTATION models of
prison culture. Relate this to the problems of today's prisons,
and explain which view you think is best, and how, as a prison
administrator, the insights from your perspective would shape how
ran a prison to accomplish the prison's mission(s).
5. Prisons, what works? (Remember: You must explain what you mean by
"works" and justify in the context of prison mission, and then draw from
all material we've covered to focus your answer). (Answer might include
data-driven/best-pratices mantra we discussed in class)
6. How does LOOSE COUPLING shape the prison experience, prison mission,
management, and prison culture? (NOTE: Answer must address the two
competing theors of "Inmate Balance Theory" and "Administrative
Control Theory." It must also reflect reading of the Loose Coupling/Negotiated
order paper and lectures)
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