the reformatories, the prisoners would be classified would be on individual assessment, individualized treatment, education, and vocational training. The prisons would determine the release date and if prisoner was good, they might make parole. The Progressive Era then came between the 1890's and the 1930's. During this time, the growth of cities went up and so did the crime rate. The governments had to handle a great deal of corruption in the society. Then the governments tried the idea of positivism. The bases of this idea were the behavior was shaped by internal and external factors, and they also tried the two prong approach which was to improve social conditions and to strongly recommend rehabilitation. During this same time, major progressive reforms were going on such as probation, indeterminate sentencing and parole, and the juvenile courts. Between the 1930's and 1960's, the crime was considered a disease. The way some people considered on how to "cure" it were to emphasize on classification of individual treatment, extensive use of psychology testing and treatment, indeterminate sentencing. The state also statutes change to affirm rehabilitation as a goal. During the 60's and 70's, they recalled the reject of rehab and intermediate sentence. The people thought that you should punish the offense and not the offender. The advocated community corrections such as probation as punishment of choice and they were going to emphasize on reintegrating offender back into the community. They also said that the treatment should also have some type of opportunity in it. From the 80's to the present, there was increasing conservatism. The crime went way up in the 70's; there was a focus on incarceration and strict supervision. They also wanted to move away from rehab as rationale. Now there is a tremendous increase in incarceration. One of the most controversial issues of ...