Required Texts: Samuel Walker. Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities, 8th Edition
(2015). Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1-285-45902-8.
After reading Chapters 7, 8 from the required textbook, pick one out of 6 questions and answer it in three
solid paragraphs by creating a new thread. Indicate the question number in your subject line. Remember to come back and post a response to two of your classmates’ replies. Use APA format.
1.Explain how mandatory sentencing laws are affected by courtroom work groups.
- Discuss why the sex offender registration and notification laws do not protect society from serious,
potential
sex offender.
- Discuss the detrimental effects, if any, of the three-strikes law.
- Explain the costs and benefits of adopting the GBMI verdict.
- Compare and contrast the actual effects of Alaska’s plea bargaining ban and King County’s reform of
plea negotiations.
- Defend the argument that special prosecution units do not result in any better or worse results than
traditional prosecutions.
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