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Food for Thought Article

Article 1: Steen, S., & Bandy, R. (2007). When the policy becomes the problem: Criminal justice in the new millennium. Punishment & Society, 9(1), 5-26. DOI: 10.1177/1462474507070548

Article 2: Applegate, B.K., Smith, H. P., Sitren, A. H., and Springer, N. F. (2009). From the inside out: The meaning of probation to probationers. Criminal Justice Review, 34(1) 80-95. DOI: 10.1177/0734016808325036

1. What do offenders think about intensive supervision probation and some other community-based sanctions?
2. According to the article, do offenders perceive probation as a punitive experience?
3. What do the results indicate probationers feel about the rehabilitative nature of probation?

Article 3: Singer, R. (1978). In favor of “presumptive sentences” set by a sentencing commission. Crime & Delinquency, 24(4), 401-427. DOI: 10.1177/001112877802400402

1. How does the author define “presumptive sentencing”?
2. Discuss flat sentences.
3. What are the two reasons the author suggests for retention of good time even with a presumptive sentence model?