A fixed monetary sanction defined by statute and imposed by a judge depending on the seriousness of the crime is a(n) ________.

You are a judge who has to decide on whether you prefer community supervision solutions or restorative solutions. Which are more effective, in your opinion? Why? Is there a combination that you feel is not effective?

You are a state legislator who had a brother who was incarcerated for many years. After his release, his reentry was tinged with depression and failure; he eventually died of a drug overdose. You are concerned about the ways in which the current reentry process has not changed since his death. What laws or procedures do you feel can be changed in order to make reentry more successful, both for offenders and for the communities they return to?

Imagine you are a new parolee. You were incarcerated when you were in your teens; now you are 48. When you were incarcerated, you had a drug addiction. Now you have a GED and hopes for the future. Write an essay about your upcoming reentry. What are your hopes? Your concerns?

The legal concealment of a person’s criminal (or juvenile) record that did not result in conviction so that it cannot be opened except by order of the court is called ___________ the file.

You are a judge with two cases before you, both of which are in plea-bargain: a white-collar criminal who stole $40 million from a bank he works for, and a bank robber who stole $5,000 from the same bank at gunpoint? Do the victims of the white-collar criminal deserve more restitution than that of the criminal with the weapon? Why or why not?

What are the most effective ways a prisoner can prepare for a successful reentry?

How did the concept of restorative justice develop over time?

You are a regulator in charge of overseeing and monitoring private companies that administer parole services. What can be done to insure that companies who stand to benefit financially from the privatization of parole do not have too much control over the system itself? ALEC is lobbying to write model legislation that will affect your job. What is its point of view?

You have just gotten back from a tour of the restorative justice systems of New Zeeland and Australia. Your college-age daughter, who is about to study law, is eager to know how each of them compare to those of the United States. What will you tell her? She wants to know if you believe there is a better system for Americans than the current one we have.