7: Corrections
Learning Objectives
This section will cover corrections, the last third of the criminal justice system, to include a brief history of corrections, different ideologies of punishment, and the role of corrections. After reading this section, students will be able to
- Summarize the history of corrections and punishment
- Describe the definitions and roles of levels in corrections
- Contrast the different ideologies of corrections
Background Knowledge Probe
Each chapter will begin by assessing your current knowledge about different criminal justice topics. Each of these topics will be covered by the chapter, meaning that you should be able to answer them correctly after you have completed the reading. All definitions can be seen by clicking on the bolded vocabulary terms in each chapter.
Please indicate whether you know each statement to be True or False. This is an ungraded exercise, but you may want to record which questions you answer incorrectly, so that you can verify that your knowledge has improved by the end of the chapter.
