This course covers the three main areas of Corrections: Correctional Context and Practices, Institutional Programs and Community Supervision, and Correctional Issues and Perspectives. You will take one of these elements, which can be broken down (i.e., Institutional Programs and Community Supervision may be broken down to Probation, Parole, Community Corrections, Prison and Jobs, Prison Life, Correction Officers, etc.), and research the historical perspective. For this assignment, you will identify the specific area of corrections in which you will conduct your research.
The paper should summarize how/where it began and
is now. The report should also include your thoughts on changes, opinions, and ideas that
you would employ. These changes can be structural, bureaucratic, etc.
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will submit your Research Paper based on the bibliography information submitted in Week 5. Your research must include:
• An introduction to your approved topic.
• Describe where it was in a historical context and where it is now.
• Your thoughts on needed changes, opinions, and ideas you would employ
(structural, bureaucratic, etc.) and how you would employ them
• Conclusion
Requirements:
• Length: at least 4, 12 pt. font, double spaced, APA formatted pages (not
including title and reference pages).