Describe the history of corrections in the United States.

Description should include

• a historical look at the different eras in corrections
• goals and purposes of corrections
• alternatives to confinement
• the role of the Bureau of Prisons
• the role of the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the three correctional models? How do they differ from one another?
• What are the costs and benefits of alternatives to confinement?
• Why has the prison population increased so significantly since the 1970s?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of community supervision compared to incarceration?