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Confinement and Corrections CJ203 |
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Assignments
Necessary Materials: Rothman article and Rotman article.
Wall Street Journal
Assignment
2 (4 parts) Part I: Based on the Whitehead reading, describe the three types of jail
designs and the three types of supervision designs. Which design do you
believe should be the model design for the country? Part II: Based on
the Profile of Jail Inmates reading. You have two options. You can identify
the types of inmate that is the most over represented in jails today based on
personal, criminal history, and other characteristics. Or you can identify
the groups that are the least represented among jail inmates. Part III: Using google, other course websites, or
textbooks, provide definitions of 5 of the following terms: Deposit bond (bail) Unsecured bond (bail) Full cash bond (bail) Pretrial release Pretrial detention Bail Surety bond (bail) ROR (release on recognizance) Conditional pretrial release Part IV: Based on Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties reading, Table 18.
You have two options. You can describe the profile (characteristics) of a
defendant who is most likely to be given pretrial release. Or you can
describe the profile of
a defendant who is most likely to be detained? Part V - Optional: Using the Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties reading pages
16-22 .What can you conclude about the effectiveness of bail based on the
information you read? And what recommendations can you give to make
improvements? Assignment 3 Necessary Materials:
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Part I: Write a one paragraph reaction to each of the three chapters.
This reaction is meant for you to remark not on the writing, but the content
of what is written and the issues raised. What did
you find interesting, alarming, or disturbing? Part II: Michael Santos holds a discussion board on his website where he answers
questions from students. As part of this assignment you will write one
question to ask Mr. Santos. I will then prepare one document to send to him
to address on his discussion board. Think about the issues raised in the
previous reading and lecture on Jails and the film shown about jails.
Although most of his term has been spent in Federal prisons many of the same
issues apply. Your question, then, can be related to jail issues. Or you may
wish to prepare a question about prison issues. Review the course schedule
and take a look at some of the readings on prison and prison issues and think
of something to ask about any of those issues. Necessary
Materials: Mays
and Winfree reading. Define any 20 terms
from this reading. The quality and completeness of your definitions determine
your grade. Necessary Materials: Prisoners
in 2004, Part I: Write a one paragraph reaction to the chapter in Part II: Using the Prisoners in 2004 statistics select any five tables (must be
tables 3 – 14 not tables 1and 2) and discuss two findings from each table
that you see as significant or important. Part III: Using the Lifetime Likelihood of Going to Prison first determine “your chances” of being incarcerated based on
your age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Then, discuss your impression of one
finding from the report. Assignment 6 (Revised) Necessary Materials: Clear: Law of Corrections Part I: Describe the First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights that prisoners have. Part II: Gather more information on any three of the cases referred to in the
reading using a scholarly source or a google search
to a legitimate source. Provide facts about the prisoner, the case, or any
other interesting information. Part III: Write one paragraph on what two rights you believe are most important
for a prisoner to have. Think of yourself incarcerated. Part IV: Complete either A or B below –
A. Write one paragraph on a “right”
that you believe should either be limited or taken away and why. B. Write one paragraph on a “right”
that should be broadened or that prisoners should be given that they don’t
currently have and why. Necessary Materials: The
Prison Experience and From
Self-Preservation to Organized Crime: The Evolution of Inmate Gangs Part I: Answer all of the discussion
questions at the end of both readings. Part II: Write a
short paragraph summarizing Ch 5 in Necessary Materials: Clear: Incarceration
of Women ; Owen: The
Mix: The Culture of Women Part I: Define ten key terms from each
of the readings (20 terms in total) Part II: How does
“doing time” or the culture of female inmates differ from that of males? Necessary Materials: Pollock: Doing
Time Eight to Five Part I: Using key terms, dates, or
themes, describe how the job of correctional officers has “changed” over time
as discussed in the reading. |
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