Question 1

Briefly explain why people started doubting the wisdom and effectiveness of criminal justice policies in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Question 2

Why was the climate ripe in the 1960s for a rash of inmate disturbances? In other words, what type of social circumstances prevailed in America during this time that allowed for the inmates' pent-up frustrations and hostility to break through traditional constraints and turn into a series of uprisings?

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Question 3

Briefly explain the role the media played in uncovering the brutalizing practices and oppression that inmates experienced during the 1960s.

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Question 4

Briefly explain how the conservatives felt about rehabilitation as America moved into the 1970s.

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Question 5

Briefly explain how the liberals felt about rehabilitation as America moved into the 1970s.

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Question 6

Briefly describe the Progressives' agenda or beliefs about American corrections. That is, how did these individuals feel individuals' should be corrected in the criminal justice system?

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Question 7

Under indeterminate sentencing, who determined release for each inmate?

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Question 8

Briefly explain the main tenets of the liberal justice model.

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Question 9

Briefly explain the conservatives' and liberals' views on determinate sentencing. Did they support this sentencing scheme for the same reasons? Why or why not?

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Question 10

According to Cullen and Gilbert, why should we not reject the rehabilitative ideal?

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Question 11

Explain in detail the era of inmate uprisings and social upheaval during the 1960s. In your answer, be sure to address the following: (1) inmate insurrections in general, and more specifically, the uprising at Attica; (2) why the uprising at Attica was so significant; (3) what the Attica uprising stood for in American history and the shift that occurred in corrections after this upheaval occurred.

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Question 12

Describe in detail the attack on rehabilitation. In your answer, be sure to address the differences between conservatives' and liberals' views on the rehabilitative ideal and on what the two political camps agreed and disagreed.

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Question 13

Discuss in detail the false appeal of determinate sentencing. In your answer, be sure to explain why determinate sentencing sounds appealing on the surface, but why, in the end, Cullen and Gilbert argue we should reaffirm rehabilitation.

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Quiz 1: Crisis in Criminal Justice Policy