Comment on why might change still be difficult to achieve despite that support? Is the change misguided—that is, are we better off with frequent use of imprisonment? Do you see the new First Step Act of 2018 as being a positive, negative, or inconsequential change?
Description Here are the background materials recommended and required (*) for this Db: *Read Chapter 3, especially pp. 46-48 on “Corrections in the Twenty-First Century.” *Read the report State Reforms Reverse Decades of Incarceration Growth ( *Read the article The Senate Just Passed Criminal Justice Reform ( *Read the article Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Is […]