Sentencing Paper Individual
Sentencing Paper
Toska Reed
Introduction of Corrections/CJA234
February 02, 2015
University of Phoenix Online
Professor John Eckert
Sentencing Paper In this paper will describe how the system analyzes the principal objectives of punishment within the United States correctional system. It will also describe how the state and federal systems goals of punishment. How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall and I will explain and support my answer? Also, this paper will define determinate and indeterminate sentencing within the correctional system and which one of these systems I think is more appropriate for examples of why I believe it is an appropriate sentencing.
Objectives of Punishment The goals of both state and federal punishment are to deter other criminals from such acts and to prevent the individuals from repeating them and presenting a danger to the public. By placing rules and laws they help maintain peace and order helping to make sure that individuals within the state and the country remain safe. The object of punishment is called sentencing, and the state, and federal judges would determine depending on the crime that was committed by the offender. There are some theories on the objectives of punishment that has been the top topic on the philosopher of punishment between the administrative, and attorneys for long periods of time. Many methods of sentence have established, for each them was tests to validate the run-through some method and the state its appropriate purposes. “During the 19th and 20th centuries, individuals who broke the law were seen as the creation of social disorders, therefore punishment was considered to be justified only as of the following (1) it protected society by acting as a deterrent or by temporarily or permanently removing one who has injured it or (2) it aimed at the moral or social regeneration of the criminal.” (Bernard, 2014) There is another set of goals that the state
Toska Reed
Introduction of Corrections/CJA234
February 02, 2015
University of Phoenix Online
Professor John Eckert
Sentencing Paper In this paper will describe how the system analyzes the principal objectives of punishment within the United States correctional system. It will also describe how the state and federal systems goals of punishment. How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall and I will explain and support my answer? Also, this paper will define determinate and indeterminate sentencing within the correctional system and which one of these systems I think is more appropriate for examples of why I believe it is an appropriate sentencing.
Objectives of Punishment The goals of both state and federal punishment are to deter other criminals from such acts and to prevent the individuals from repeating them and presenting a danger to the public. By placing rules and laws they help maintain peace and order helping to make sure that individuals within the state and the country remain safe. The object of punishment is called sentencing, and the state, and federal judges would determine depending on the crime that was committed by the offender. There are some theories on the objectives of punishment that has been the top topic on the philosopher of punishment between the administrative, and attorneys for long periods of time. Many methods of sentence have established, for each them was tests to validate the run-through some method and the state its appropriate purposes. “During the 19th and 20th centuries, individuals who broke the law were seen as the creation of social disorders, therefore punishment was considered to be justified only as of the following (1) it protected society by acting as a deterrent or by temporarily or permanently removing one who has injured it or (2) it aimed at the moral or social regeneration of the criminal.” (Bernard, 2014) There is another set of goals that the state
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