Corrections: A Text/Reader
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
14.1 Understand what relevance Packer’s (1997) two models of criminal justice has for prisoners’ rights
14.2 Know the different legal “periods” identified in terms of prisoners’ rights
14.3 Identify issues and cases involving the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments
14.4 Identify issues involved with the civil commitment of sex offenders
14.5 Know how and why prisoners’ petitions have been curtailed