1. Who are the de Tocquevilles and Dickenses of today? What forces shape our society’s response to issues of crime and punishment? 2. Look at the history of corrections, which in many ways is the...

1. Who are the de Tocquevilles and Dickenses of today? What forces shape our society’s response to issues of crime and punishment?

2. Look at the history of corrections, which in many ways is the history of institutional corrects. What do the “lessons” of the way corrections developed tell us about contemporary and future approaches to “correcting” the behavior of criminals?