Discussion:
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the indeterminate sentence. Include information from your text and the website.
Website
Go to the ACA website and explore the many way corrections has become professionalized.
Consider Diversion and Intermediate Sanctions. Specifically, the book discusses drug courts and other "specialty" courts. Do specialty courts work and can you identify any specialty courts in your home town? What are they and how do they work?
Podcast
Listen to the podcast, "Budget Crunch Forces a New Approach to Prisons." This podcast considers budget problems that are forcing states and the federal government to rethink their approach to prisons. More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and the cost is getting unbearable.