Restorative justice tends to be less focused on punitive actions towards offenders and more focused on accountability and repair between offender and victim.  What is your stance on this model? Do you support or not support? Why or why not? 

Describe the key features and objectives of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and discuss how it complements the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program in providing a comprehensive understanding of crime in the United States. What would be your thoughts to help increase crime reporting and the validity of these crime measurement instruments. 

Victim provocation occurs when a victim unintentionally makes it easier for an offender to commit a crime.

Explain how lifestyle theories and Routine Activities can play a role in victimization? What are some elements that you or others could take/consider in order to reduce risk of victimization? 

Programs in which opium poppies, coca plants, and marijuana plants are destroyed in their countries of origin, prior to transport overseas. This is known as crop eradication. 

A law enforcement operation in which an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer sells a controlled substance, or an imitation of it, to a buyer and subsequently arrests the purchaser. This is known as Reverse Sting. 

List the four primary philosophies of corrections and briefly describe each approach. Which philosophy do you support the most? 

What is the main difference between a “buy-bust” and a “buy-walk” operation in law enforcement?

What is the primary purpose of a “buy-bust” operation in law enforcement?

Discuss the key challenges and strategies for effectively supervising and supporting probationers and parolees in their reintegration into the community.