In your response you should not simply summarize the material, but critically engage the readings/screenings, and suggest questions for discussion. Some ways to “critically engage” are to consider the author’s intentions, assumptions, and the wider context of his or her argument. Think about your responses as reviews of a work that you might read in a magazine, but in a more academic register

Please read “The Discovery of the Asylum” by David J. Rothman beginning on page 17 of your Latessa/Holsinger text (or under the resources tab above). Answer the following questions accordingly. Your responses should be based on what you have read. Please include citations throughout, as well as references in APA format. Your response is worth 20 points and should be thorough.

1) Discuss social changes occurring at the turn of the 19th century that would change Americans’ thoughts on crime and punishment within the following 10 to 30 years. 

2) Do we still base any current laws and/or punishments in religion? If so, what? Explain. 

3) Consider what you have read on page 21. If professionals and the community were unconcerned with prisons and their purpose, were they really a better alternative to capital punishment?

If you can not the following direction please pass on this assignment  3 pages single space with citaiton