Chapter 17

1. How is supermax confinement defined?

2. What is the primary purpose of supermax prisons under the “new penology” thesis?

3. What are the key differences between Alcatraz Penitentiary and Marion Penitentiary?

4. What does the facilitation argument posit?

Chapter 18

1. In Furman v. Georgia (1972), Furman argued that two of his rights were being violated. Identify the constitutional amendments.

2. What are the two forms of the new death penalty law?

3. What did the mandatory death penalty statute obligate the states to do?

4. What did the guided discretion death penalty statute obligate the states to do?

Chapter 19

1. What do community service officers do?

2. What is the conservative perspective of reentry?

3. What is the liberal perspective of reentry?

4. Why are risk assessment tools important?

Chapter 20

1. What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Cooper v. Pate (1964)?

2. What is realignment?

3. What did the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 do?

4. What is the purpose of the executive committee that was created by the county?