Question 1

Briefly explain the three core features of the "punishment model."

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Question 2

Briefly identify and explain the characteristics of the "mean season" in corrections that Cullen and Gilbert discuss in Chapter 8.

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Question 3

Explain why the three-strikes law put in place in California was so influential and important for their state and the rest of the nation.

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Question 4

Briefly explain collateral consequences.

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Question 5

Michael Tonry has concluded that there is little basis for believing that mandatory penalties have any significant effects on rates of serious crime. He has identified three reasons why this is so. Briefly discuss these three reasons.

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Question 6

What was the importance of Ted Palmer's rebuttal to Robert Martinson's "nothing works" article in 1974? That is, what did Palmer point out about Martinson's conclusion that nothing works in treatment?

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Question 7

Briefly explain the responsivity principle.

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Question 8

Briefly explain the Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI)?

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Question 9

Cullen and Gilbert have made a strong case for "correctional official accountability" and why they think it is important. What do the authors suggest correctional agencies do in order to hold correctional managers accountable for their performance when it comes to reducing crime?

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Question 10

What three considerations regarding reaffirming rehabilitation do Cullen and Gilbert conclude with in Chapter 8?

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Question 11

Trace the era of the penal harm movement or what Cullen and Gilbert call the "mean season in corrections" and the corruption of such reforms that were put in place during this time. In your answer, be sure to discuss the following: (1) what was this movement characterized by and who was responsible for most of the policy changes?; (2) what types of offenders were effected most by these changes?; (3) Finally, discuss the specific policies that were put into place during this time that made it the "mean season" (e.g., mandatory minimum sentences, three-strikes laws, truth-in sentencing laws, collateral consequences, etc.)

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Question 12

Discuss in detail the Great American Prison Experiment. In your answer, be sure to discuss the following: (1) the growth in incarceration and correctional control in the United States from the 1970s until 2009; (2) how this growth of mass imprisonment is unique to the United States compared to other advanced Western democracies; (3) what the impact of mass incarceration on crime in America has done to our country (i.e., why have we declared this period of time as the "Great American Prison Experiment?); (4) why is ignoring the bivariate correlation between imprisonment and crime rates nonsensical or naïve? What factors besides incarceration are involved in whether crime rates go up or down? ; (5) finally, was the Great American Prison Experiment successful? Why or why not?

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Question 13

Trace the development of California's correctional system. In your answer, discuss the following: (1) California's support for offender treatment prior to the 1970s; (2) The state's move from indeterminate sentencing to determinate sentencing and loss of support for the rehabilitative ideal; (3) the California Institute for Women study versus the Valley State Prison study. Briefly summarize the studies and their findings. Why were these studies significant?; 4) finally, discuss what the state of California's correctional system looks like today. Have they moved back to a more rehabilitation-oriented model, or is punishment still the state's main goal?

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Quiz 8: The Future of Rehabilitation: From Nothing Works to What Works an Epilogue