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Reparation boards clarify how the offender will repair the harm done, and they

How can restorative justice methods be measured for effectiveness?

You are a legislator whose pet issue is freedom of information. However, you also understand that it might be unfair in the age of information to make it easy to discover the worst moment of any citizen’s life, a moment that might define them forever. Are there certain convictions that should never be sealed or expunged? Should an offender always be identifiable by the worst thing he or she did? Why or why not?

Since the 1970s, there has been a move toward the use of __________ guidelines in the release decisions of parole boards.

In addition to educational requirements for officers, some jurisdictions may also require psychological evaluations, weapons qualification, and a __________ test.

Those permanently ineligible for parole release include offenders on death row, offenders serving life without parole, and some ________ offenders sentenced under statutes such as “three strikes.”

Community corrections supervision attends to two major groups of offenders: those sentenced to community corrections (e.g., probationers) and

You are a lawyer who represents juvenile offenders. In your experience, you have seen the impact of the justice system on kids firsthand. You are scheduled to speak at a graduation ceremony for police officers about your experiences. Describe the ways in which juveniles are treated differently than adults, and then make a convincing argument about three factors you believe could change to prevent recidivism in juvenile offenders.

You are responsible for maintaining the records for a busy urban police department. You are constantly inundated with requests for information. What are the ethical problems with giving out information to anyone who asks for it? What are the responsibilities you feel? Do you feel it is important for anyone’s criminal past to be public knowledge? Why or why not?

You are a member of a parole board who is in an area with increased racial tensions. You are voting whether to institute an anonymous review process so that institutionalized racism will not be a factor. There are concerns that race will still be “legible” in the files, and that it will be easier to justify racist decisions by claiming ignorance due to the anonymity of the process. Elaborate on how the decisions of parole boards are currently made and whether you think this will be an effective solution.