Why should we expect the correctional system to be able to accomplish so much when so many other social institutions have failed
Describe three practical accommodations for students with ADD and three practical accommodations for students with ADHD that you might need to use in
July 4, 2020Nursing and Psychology.
July 4, 2020Why should we expect the correctional system to be able to accomplish so much when so many other social institutions have failed
Why should we expect the correctional system to be able to accomplish so much when so many other social institutions have failed? When family, school, and churches are unable to inculcate law-abiding behavior, why should we be surprised if the correctional also system fails?
— Alexis Durham: Crisis and Reform: Current Issues in American Punishment, p. 354
Please discuss the sentiments about the American correctional system that Durham has captured in these questions. What solutions do you see as holding promise and why?
Prison compound in Delaware seen from the air.
In photo: Three X-shaped maximum security units at the Delaware
Correctional Center near Smyrna, DE is seen in a April 26, 2002 file
photo. It symbolizes the dominant correction system. Are there
other more viable alternatives? (AP Photo/The News Journal,
Robert Craig)
