Why is criminal justice reform so difficult to achieve? In what ways, does criminal justice theory relate to criminal justice reform?

Assignment Question

Why is criminal justice reform so difficult to achieve? In what ways, does criminal justice theory relate to criminal justice reform? (in other words, how is an informed “theoretical” understanding of criminal justice—as opposed to “the television view of criminal justice or people’s assumptions about it”—is essential for thinking afresh about criminal justice reform?)

Discuss and analyze behaviors of the agents of social control in people-processing bureaucracies that hinder reform in the criminal justice system. Note: your paper must draw on the texts, readings, and class discussion in order to demonstrate reciprocity of theory and reform and how the former guides, informs, and relates to the latter.

Please refer to Chapeters on page 54, 71, 87, 117, 140, 192, and 212 from Street Level Bureaucracy by Michael Lipsky

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