Sentencing Paper Deadrian Williams CJS/ 200 3/3/2013 Bryan Maglicco Six Forms of Punishment Fines are one of the oldest forms of punishment‚ the use of fines as criminal sanctions suffers from built in inequities and a widespread failure to collect them (Schmalleger‚ 2011). Fines can deprive offenders of the proceeds of criminal activity‚ and also promote rehabilitation by enforcing economic responsibility (Schmalleger‚ 2011). People have to pay fines when they break minor laws‚ such
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Hilary Clinton says that she plans to power background checks and close high-risk loopholes in our country. She also wants to make gun sellers and makers accountable for guns being in the hands of terrorists‚ domestic abusers‚ and other violent criminals. As I quote she says‚ “I don’t know how we keep seeing shooting after shooting‚ read about the people murdered because they went to Bible study or they went to the movies or they were just doing their job‚ and not finally say we’ve got to do something
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inmates housed in jails and prisons throughout the state are not being rehabilitated. There is a tough integration faced by paroled inmates to reintegrate back into society. There is a mark on his or her record that validates the individual as a convicted felon. Many leave the prison system with nowhere to go and end up homeless to return to the streets. With inadequate housing and no job the prison system becomes a revolving door throughout the inmate’s life (Li‚ 2011). Drugs play a major role in recidivism
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a national of the Dominican Republic‚ and “he was convicted in New York state court of first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery” (Lynch‚ 2017). He served a six-year sentence‚ but when he was released in 2015‚ he was deported. He later tried to reenter the country and was arrested again. However‚ this arrest brought into light that Genao had been incorrectly convicted originally: “Although the PSR correctly stated that Genao had been convicted under New York Penal Law § 140.30(3) for first-degree
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rates for blacks and Latino as the stigma of incarceration adversely impact their life chances chance as they find it hard to rebuild relationships with loved one or find support services once released from prison. Studies have shown black and white felons sent on the interviews with the same‚ resume information and Felony convictions yielded better results for receive call backs for or a job‚ while blacks with the no call back s our job.
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05/07/2013 “Death Penalty in Maryland” Introduction Maryland has reinstated the death penalty in 1978 as an option for people convicted of felony homicide. Since that time‚ only five convicts have been put to death and five are currently awaiting their execution. There is so much publicity available debating whether or not a death penalty is effective as it used to be in older days
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would feel like something the cat drug in”. ?‚ Vonnegut. This evidence shows how the people didn’t get to choose the way they looked and were forced to live by what the government wanted and not their own choices. In the book “Murdertrending” infamous felons were forced to go live streaming on the Postman app for a great quantity of people to see get executed without consent for amusement. Which presents a lack of singularity and identity. In the book “Murdertrending” an innocent boy was taken to be tortured
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totals those officers supervising juveniles and performing pretrial and investigative duties not involving direct supervision. In ballpark or unofficial figures‚ we probably had about 2 million felons being supervised by something fewer than 20‚000 officers. This would average out to more than 100 felons per probation officer‚ not far removed from official numbers. The issue of reducing caseload size to an ideal number has been argued for a long time. In 1917‚ a group of probation administrators
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I am for death row because it is more effective than doing 20 years in jail. Eighty-eight percent of murder victims about 14‚960 victims in 1998 were 18 years of age or older. Fewer adults were murdered in the United States in 1998 than in any year since at least 1976. In 1998‚ about 1‚960 murder victims were under age 18. This level is substantially below that of the peak year of 1993‚ when 2‚880 juveniles were murdered. However‚ this decline only returned the level to that of 1988. The
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Though there are many theories I studied one which is routine activity theory which was developed by Marcus Felson and Lawrence E. Cohen. These people strongly believed that crime is unaffected by social causes such as poverty‚ inequality‚ and unemployment. There are of course some sociologists who believe in the social causes of crime. Although there is of course some routine activity theory related crimes some sociologist just can’t agree. For crime to be committed‚ three aspects are needed A motivated
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