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From goals and outcomes to Missions and Standards.
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From Goals and Outcomes to Missions and Standards Once we commit ourselves to the view that the purpose of prison is punishment, and further, that offenders are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment, an interesting thing happens. There is a shift in the criteria against which we evaluate prisons, away from those that focus on outcomes or on the achievement of ultimate goals, and toward those that focus on processes, on adherence to standards, and on the fulfillment of specific and immediate missions. Under the confinement model, a prison does not have to justify its existence by demonstrating success at rehabilitation or crime control. That's a relief, because there is enormous disagreement among researchers about whether that kind of success is demonstrable--whether anything can be shown to "work" or "not work." Instead, when the mission of a prison is defined as confinement, it is most appropriate to evaluate the...
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