In the scenarios and resulting simulations, Robert Donovan, a Jurisville
probation officer, discusses the intricacies of probation. Kris, the defendant,
is offered an intensive supervised probation plan to follow. Brennan Brooke, a
senior criminologist, discusses the tailoring of the inmate to the appropriate
facility. Finally, Orlando Boyce, a sergeant at the fictional Deephall
correctional facility, discusses measures that could conceivably make prison
life effective and thus decrease the likelihood of recidivism.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
- Outline your findings from your review of the file of Kris, for whom Robert
is considering probation. State whether or not your results from the file review
match Robert’s. Explain two (2) instances in which your views and those of
Robert are both similar and different. - Develop a profile of the so-called perfect candidate to participate in an
intensive supervised probation program. The profile should contain at least
three (3) attributes that you believe make this defendant the perfect candidate
for this type of probation. - Defend or critique the strategy of matching the inmate to the correctional
facility as a response to the legal concept of cruel and unusual punishment.
Provide a rationale for your position with concrete examples. - Defend or critique whether programs and amenities geared to making prison
life effective—which run the gamut from hiring extra officers, to counseling and
therapy, to building a garden—are time and taxpayer money well spent. - Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions. - Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and
the reference page are not included in the required assignment page
length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:
- Outline the major characteristics and purposes of prisons, including
prisoners’ rights and prison society. - Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal
justice. - Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice using proper writing
mechanics and APA style conventions.
