Perspectives on Child Victimization and Prisoner Financial Responsibility
After looking over them and watching the video at the link below, do you think you have
a maximalist or minimalist position on child victimization? How do the readings and/or
video impact your position? On a final note, see the story link below the video link.
About a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that courts do not have to require
alleged child abuse victims to testify in order to convict someone. The history of this kind
of issue is interesting - see links below on Maryland v. Craig (1990) and an Iowa
Supreme Court ruling. With what you have studied so far in mind, what do you make of
all this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8vZxDa2KPM
Maryland v. Craig :: 497 U.S. 836 (1990) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center
Interpreting Iowa Supreme Court ruling on children's testimony in abuse cases - Radio
Iowa
Gendered and Attributions of Blame and Failure to Protect in Child Welfare Responses to
Sexual Abuse: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis By Corry Azzopardi
3 paragraphs
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The idea of requiring prisoners to pay for their food, board, medical care, and other
services is controversial. Explore the arguments for and against this practice. Should
prisoners be financially responsible for their incarceration costs, considering the potential
for reducing the burden on taxpayers? Or does this approach further penalize individuals
, who are already marginalized and possibly unable to afford these costs? Discuss the
benefits and drawbacks of each perspective, including the impact on prisoners'
rehabilitation, their families, and the overall goals of the correctional system. Be sure to
include examples from the textbook in your answer.
3 paragraphs
Chapter 9 Correctional Programs and Services
Siegel;, Larry. 2018. *Corrections Today.* Boston, MA: Cengage.
After looking over them and watching the video at the link below, do you think you have
a maximalist or minimalist position on child victimization? How do the readings and/or
video impact your position? On a final note, see the story link below the video link.
About a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that courts do not have to require
alleged child abuse victims to testify in order to convict someone. The history of this kind
of issue is interesting - see links below on Maryland v. Craig (1990) and an Iowa
Supreme Court ruling. With what you have studied so far in mind, what do you make of
all this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8vZxDa2KPM
Maryland v. Craig :: 497 U.S. 836 (1990) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center
Interpreting Iowa Supreme Court ruling on children's testimony in abuse cases - Radio
Iowa
Gendered and Attributions of Blame and Failure to Protect in Child Welfare Responses to
Sexual Abuse: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis By Corry Azzopardi
3 paragraphs
________________________________________________________________________
_
The idea of requiring prisoners to pay for their food, board, medical care, and other
services is controversial. Explore the arguments for and against this practice. Should
prisoners be financially responsible for their incarceration costs, considering the potential
for reducing the burden on taxpayers? Or does this approach further penalize individuals
, who are already marginalized and possibly unable to afford these costs? Discuss the
benefits and drawbacks of each perspective, including the impact on prisoners'
rehabilitation, their families, and the overall goals of the correctional system. Be sure to
include examples from the textbook in your answer.
3 paragraphs
Chapter 9 Correctional Programs and Services
Siegel;, Larry. 2018. *Corrections Today.* Boston, MA: Cengage.
