Criminal Sentencing By Christina Long CRJ301: Juvenile Justice Instructor: Agustin Pena March 5‚ 2013 After a criminal is found guilty of committing an illegal offense‚ the next step for the individual is to be sentenced to some form of punishment according to the law. Sentencing is a punishment that determines how much jail time the convicted will receive or what punishment they will endure. Sentencing can range from jail time‚ to community service‚ to paying fines. There
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Aims of sentencing. Retribution. · Based on idea of punishment‚ because offender deserves punishment for his/her acts. · Does not seek to reduce crime or alter the offender’s future behaviour. · Concerned only with the offence that was committed and making sure that the punishment inflicted is in proportion to that offence. · Contains element of revenge (eye for an eye) and is used to justify long prison sentences. · Tariff sentences Idea that each offence should have a set tariff with
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Destiny Barron Bridget Murphy English 1202 Argumentative Research Paper April 16‚ 2014 One Strike and You Are Out Mostly anyone these days can say that they have known or can identify a person who is suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction. From the addicts that we hear about‚ come the stories of stupidity‚ irrational decision making‚ and sometimes jail time. Some of the abusers commit crimes and do not fully understand the repercussions of their impulsive actions. For any addict‚ your
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Sentencing Paper CJA/234 02/12/2014 Instructor: Mr. Mitchell Punishment may sound like painful word‚ but in fact it is nothing more but a consequence given to a criminal offender. The state and federal correction system have similar objectives for criminal offenders as a form of punishment. Due to request for harsher punishment‚ sentencing affects both the state and federal correction system. Upon pleading or finding an offender guilty‚ the
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Goals of Sentencing There are five goals of sentencing: punishment‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation‚ and restitution. Punishment‚ also called retribution is society’s way of getting revenge on a criminal for the harm they have caused. Retribution is society’s way of getting revenge or feeling like they got even with a criminal. In society a crime not only harms the victim of a crime‚ but society as well. A criminal’s injurious actions may outrage society as a whole. This creates the
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Robert Munoz Jr CJAD 350 25 January 2015 Professor Carden Rapid Changes in Sentencing Structures Judges in the United States used indeterminate sentencing for nearly 45 years. This type of sentencing has a set limit of incarceration that a convict may serve for the crime committed. If the judge gives an offender two to five years imprisonment‚ then that offender will serve a minimum of two years but will serve no more than five years. This system was put into place to make the offender
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My Achievements In LART 200 Have you ever see yourself in the next college-level such as LART 211? If you have answered yes then lets just say that you and me have something in common now. My experience at my LART 200 class was so motivated and interesting because I have learned so many things during this quarter. I have made a lot of improvements in my writing and reading skills such as using the method “P.I.E’ in a essay and annotating when you are reading something such as an article. I‚ also
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing in the American Justice System has long been argued by both Lawmakers and the public. We will go over some of the history of mandatory minimum sentences as well as the many pros and cons to these types of sentences. Some examples of pros and cons are the overall effect on public safety‚ the effect on the offenders‚ the cost to taxpayers‚ the lack of discretion for Judge’s‚ and whether the law should be repealed. The history of Mandatory Minimum sentencing laws date back
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Determinate sentence is use by some states; the judge is who determinate the time that the offender will serve in jail. In this type of sentence‚ the judge can’t use discretion at the time of sentencing he only apply the law as it is. The period of time that these offenders will spend in jail cannot be change by parole board. In a determinate system‚ the offender knows when he will be released from jail. The released time is determinate by the judge. Overall‚ the judge has to review the pre-sentence and
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