Exam 4: Attacking Rehabilitation

Once the guiding philosophy of rehabilitation was forfeited, what new correctional philosophy was embraced by liberals to guide criminal sanctioning?

__________ typically means that for every day or several days of conformity while incarcerated, an inmate has one day subtracted from his or her sentence.

During the mid-1960s into the 1970s, America was described as socially disordered and disobedient. Identify at least three things that were occurring in the U.S. that led to the country being described as such.

Briefly explain the lesson that can be drawn from Philip Zimbardo's Stanford University Prison Study.

At first, liberals did not campaign for the complete abolishment of rehabilitation; instead, they argued that the source of the inhumanities in our prisons can be traced to all of the following except:

According to conservatives, what strategy would be used to eliminate the discretion that had received legitimation from the rehabilitative ideal?

According to liberal critics, all were fundamental reasons why criminal justice rehabilitation was inherently flawed and therefore could not be expected to cease an offender's criminal involvement, except:

Which of the following is not an assumption set forth by the "justice model for corrections?"

Identify at least two "pros" and two "cons" to an indeterminate sentencing scheme.

What did David Rosenhan's research, entitled "Being Sane in Insane Places," conclude about individuals' talent to discriminate the insane from the sane?

In 1974, ___________ reported the results of an extensive research project that investigated the effectiveness of correctional treatment and concluded that "nothing works" to rehabilitate offenders.

With the turmoil and social disruption occurring in the 1960s and 1970s, liberal reformers developed new goals for the criminal justice system. Which of the following became a goal of liberal reform?

Several liberal supporters outlined the specifics of what the legal system would entail that supported retribution, rather than rehabilitation. Identify and discuss in detail the eight central parameters that these supporters argued must comprise a liberal "justice model for corrections."