Video and Multimedia

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Incapacitation
Video Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEqq34TpDT4

This YouTube video includes an interview with Dr. Lawrence Sherman who discusses why it is important to use research to create a more cost-effective prison system.

  1. How can some of the research Dr. Sherman cited be used for prison reform efforts?

 

Restorative Justice
Video Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_94O4ExSA

This PBS video reviews restorative justice talking circles used in a Colorado high school as an alternative disciplinary policy.

  1. How does restorative justice differ from traditional disciplinary action?
  2. How can aspects of restorative justice be increasingly incorporated into more traditional corrections settings?

 

Reintegration
Audio Link:  http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=440516605&m=440770744

This NPR story profiles Richard Cabral, an actor who was formerly incarcerated and received rehabilitative services from Homeboy Industries, a gang prevention center.

  1. What does Richard’s story reveal about pathways to prison?
  2. What does Homeboy Industries’ services reveal about opportunities and rehabilitation for incarcerated people and formerly incarcerated people?

 

Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Video Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xW987dzOGA

This YouTube video discusses the implications of California’s three-strikes law, including its implications for non-violent offenders, prison populations, and corrections budgets.

  1. California’s three-strikes law passed by popular vote. What does this reveal about crime, public opinion, and its evolution?
  2. What type of philosophical underpinnings does this policy reflect?

 

Labeling and Social Reaction
Web Link:  http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/04/28/399949478

This article discusses how labeling can contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies which can lead youth towards a path of success or incarceration.

  1. What does this article reveal about efforts for rehabilitation and reintegration?
  2. How can youth feel empowered or hindered by phrases used to describe them?
  3. What might authors of this article say regarding the implications of terms such as “ex-offender”?