9.11: Current Issues in Corrections
Learning Objectives
- Understand what are some current issues within the world of corrections
- Recognize the different concepts of how we view these issues
- Understand how punishment has increased and what are the outcomes of large scale incarceration
Critical Thinking Questions
- What are some of the reasons we have so many people in jails and prisons?
- What impacts these levels of people under corrections?
- Can we solve these issues?
- What has been our approach to this point? Has it worked?