1. Explain why the Church historically advocated the use of corporal punishment for offenders.2. The textbook discusses how the pendulum has swung in American corrections. Please describe how the goals of punishment from 1930 to the present has changed through the years. Which goal of punishment dominated corrections until the 1970’s? Why did its popularity change? Which goals of punishment have replaced it and why?3. Describe the important social and demographic characteristics of the typical female prisoner in jail and/or prison. How does she differ from what you know about the typical male inmate? How does she differ from the typical female in mainstream society?4. Why are jails overcrowded? Describe the various types of offenders that are usually held in American jails? What is being done to alleviate the problem of overcrowding?5. What are the special problems encountered by women in prison? How do these relate to how women cope with imprisonment? What is being done to try to alleviate some of these problems?
