Senior Seminar Spring 2022
1st Paper
Your assignment is to write a 5-page paper on the different approaches to punishment in the United States and throughout the world. Your paper must tie-in what you have learned from the Seminar Class, the course books, and your research. The paper should identify core correctional values and beliefs that may offer alternatives to conventional thinking on incarceration.
In a paper of no more than 5 pages, identify the critical issues dealing with punishment. The text of the paper should be typed, doubled spaced, with 1-inch margins and page numbers. In addition to the text, the paper should include a title page and bibliography for a total of 7 pages. Your paper should not include any bullets, photos, graphs or diagrams. Quotes should be brief and limited to supporting the point you are trying to make. The paper should be stapled, single sided, with size 12 point font. Your paper shall be hand in, not emailed, by the date the paper is due. APA style shall be used for this paper.
You will need to find at least 6 academic sources for this paper, two of which shall be from your class readings. Academic sources can include peer-reviewed journal articles and books. The only acceptable Internet sources are those which provide electronic journal articles (Example: JSTOR). If you are not sure what a peer-review journal article is, please see me or a reference librarian at the Healy Library. Newspaper and magazine articles are only to be used as supplemental sources beyond your six academic sources. Ideally, the sources should be no more than five years old (2016-2021), but some topics may require using older materials. All term papers must be turned in on time. A reduction in grade (a grade level each day) will result in any paper that is submitted late. You are not to use a paper from another course. Please refer to the University’s Academic Honesty Policy and Procedures, Appendix B of the student handbook, or contact me if you questions.
The paper should be a well-integrated analytical review of research, scholarship, and theories. In addition, your paper should distinguish one philosophy from another; demonstrate why the idea is important, and what the social impact is to the public. Be specific and detailed in your writing and with the identification of scholarly sources. Please consider the following questions in your paper:
* What are alternatives to historical correctional philosophies in the United States?
Consider: Current Trends, Different Approaches, Alternative Sentences
* What do other countries do? Why?
Consider: Philosophies, Sentences, Laws, Policies, Practices, Facilities, Programs
* What are the risks associated with alternative philosophies?
Consider: To members of the Public, Communities, Criminal Justice, Policy Makers
* What are the cost/benefits of implementing new alternatives?
Consider: Social Costs (victims, criminals, families, communities, and society), Financial Costs, Crime Rates
* What are the challenges for society to make reforms to mass incarceration?
Consider: Public Perception, Elected Officials, Society, Future
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