Is Prison Effective?

Paper Summary:

The paper presents twelve key questions pertaining to the article addressed. The article researches how prison, used as a punishment for drunk drivers, impacts the offenders. The paper discusses how the article uses a specific treatment center to research the affects of alcohol, treatment and how the elements impact the alcoholics who go through the program. The paper explains how this study determined that programs like the Longwood Treatment Center are more effective to the reduction of drunk driving offenses than the standard prison.

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"The research was designed to provide both qualitative and quantitative research. The author of the study was clear to address the fact that the exploratory nature of the research provided a natural consequence of qualitative research becoming predominate throughout the study and result discussion.
"The research questions that included demographics and past criminal histories of course were the foundational basis for quantitative data gathering, however the true meat of the research was answered through the use of observations and conversations, which of course act as a perfect foundational basis for the gathering of qualitative data."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Maxfield, M.G., & Babbie, E. (2005). Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology (4th Ed.). Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth.
• Article "The Use of Prison Confinement in the Treatment of Drunken Drivers" by Daniel P. LeClair (APA Style format throughout this essay)

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