Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Balanced Approach
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the goals of punishment
- Identify three historical eras leading to the current strategies for punishing offenders
- Describe four types of prisons
- Explain how incarceration rates have changed over the past decade
- Delineate the differences between federal, state, and local corrections
- Compare and contrast juvenile facilities with adult institutions
- Describe the role of wardens in prisons
- Identify the behaviors of corrections officers