Part 36 (1/2)

16. Outline the purpose of the indeterminate sentence.

17. What are the chief functions of a modern prison?

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, _Readings in American Democracy_, chapter xxi.

Or all of the following:

2. Guitteau, _Government and Politics in the United States_, chapter xiii.

3. Lewis, _The Offender_, part iii, chapter i.

4. Smith, _Justice and the Poor_, pages 105-127.

5. Wines, _Punishment and Reformation_, chapter ii.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. Distinguish between crime, vice and sin. (Wines, page 11.)

2. Define criminal law. (Wines, page 12.)

3. What is the distinction between public and private wrongs?

(Guitteau, pages 140-141.)

4. What are the first steps in a criminal action? (Guitteau, pages 142-143.)

5. What is an indictment? (Guitteau, page 143.)

6. Outline the steps in a criminal trial. (Guitteau, pages 144-146.)

7. What is a sumptuary law? (Wines, page 7.)

8. What are the eight distinct protections afforded by our criminal law? (Smith, page 108.)

9. What is the great defect of these protections? (Smith, page 111.)

10. What can be said as to the future development of the Public Defender movement? (Smith, page 127.)

11. Is the average age of offenders declining or increasing? (Lewis, page 254.)

12. What is the relation of the school to crime? (Lewis, pages 262- 270.)

13. What is the relation of recreational facilities to crime? (Lewis, pages 276-285.)

TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT