KEY TERMS DEFINE THE FOLLOWING
Penitentiary
Separate confinement
Congregate system
Contract labor system
Lease system
Mark system
Reformatory
Positivist school
Medical model
Community corrections
Crime control model of corrections
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BASED ON YOUR READING OF CHAPTER 3
- Why do you think the penitentiary first caught on in Pennsylvania and New York? How would you explain the increase in the number of penitentiaries throughout the United States after Eastern State Penitentiary and Auburn Prison began operating?
- When Americans think of punishment, they usually think first of prisons. What other ways of punishing convicted persons might the general public find acceptable?
- How do you think that people convicted of committing crime will be punished in the United States in the future? What established punishments will still be around, and what kinds of new sanctions might emerge?
- What lessons can today’s corrections professionals learn from the historical punishment practices covered in this chapter? Which practices should we not reinstate? Which practices should we consider adopting?
- What are your views in regards to solitary confinement?
- If you are accused of a crime that you didn't commit and your attorney tells you that if you plead guilty you will get One (1) year in prison but if you go to trial and are found guilty you are looking at ten years. All evidence are pointing at you, that you committed this crime. You have no money for a lengthy trial to pay the lawyer. What would you do and why? Be realistic.