Running head: PUNISHMENT OR REHABILITATION? Punishment or Rehabilitation? Tanisha Denson-Hodge University of Phoenix - Online Survey of Justice and Security CJA 500 Mark McCoy‚ Ed. D Nov 18‚ 2006 Abstract The debate between punishment and rehabilitation for criminal offenders has been an ongoing issue for many years. What is the true focus of our criminal justice system today? Some argue that it is to punish those that choose to disobey the laws of the land and indulge in criminal
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Conceptualization of African American Ex-Offenders and Job Placement Conceptualization of African American Ex-Offenders and Job Placement "For nearly forty years‚ the United States has been gripped by policies that have placed more than 2.5 million Americans in jails and prisons designed to hold a fraction of that number of inmates. Our prisons are not only vast and overcrowded‚ they are degrading—relying on racist gangs‚ lockdowns‚ and Supermax-style segregation units to maintain a tenuous
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LECTURE 15 From Romanticism to Modernism – Ballet Thursday‚ May 22 Announcements and Reminders Concert reports due no later than today Paper due date: Tuesday‚ June 3 Final: Not cumulative (starts after Beethoven) Wed.‚ June 11‚ 12-2pm Similar format as midterm Study guide to come next week Outline I. Late Romantic Ballet (traditional) a. Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty II. Music in the Age of Modernism: The 20th Century III. Modern Ballets a. Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon
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Punishment vs. Rehabilitation The criminal justice system comprises many distinct stages‚ including arrest‚ prosecution‚ trial‚ sentencing‚ and punishment‚ quite often in the form of imprisonment. As will become clear‚ it is in the last two of these many stages that the debate over rehabilitation and retribution is of special significance. "Rehabilitation is the idea of curing’ an offender of his or her criminal tendencies‚ of changing their habits‚ their outlook and possibly even personality
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The cost of imprisoning an offender is high. With western regions like the US‚ UK and Australia experiencing consistent rising imprisonment rates and the limited availability of public resources‚ efficient use of prison and criminal justice resources is imperative (Marsh‚ Fox & Hedderman‚ 2009). A cost benefit analysis (CBA) of prisons essentially measures how effective and efficient certain criminal justice interventions are. Marsh et al. (2009‚ p. 146) states that this measurement is done by assessing
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Capital Punishment Capital punishment‚ also known as the death penalty‚ is the toughest form of punishment enforced today in the United States. According to the online Webster dictionary‚ capital punishment is defined as “the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime‚ often called a capital offence or a capital crime” (1). In those jurisdictions that practice capital punishment‚ its use is usually restricted to a small number of criminal offences‚ principally
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have witnessed continuing debate over the rationales for punishing convicted offenders (Hirsch‚ 1992). Whilst retributivist views punishment as ethnical principles‚ which are morally justified because it is deserved and it is inherently right that the guilty suffer for their wrongdoings‚ others such as utilitarian’s‚ view punishment as beneficial consequences in that it reduces occurrences for further crimes. Punishment may reduce the rate of bad acts through fear‚ by discouraging those contemplating
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specific to registration of the sex offender. In the state of Georgia the regulation that covers the registration of sex offenders is O.C.G.A 42-1-12 (. Procedural guidelines related to the implementation of the registration/publication program (how long do they have to register? Who pays for registration/publication? etc.) Sex offenders must typically register prior to or upon release from confinement and/or sentenced to community supervision. The sex offender will have 72 hours to register
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Motorola Case Questions Exercise 2 Please read the information in the case carefully. The financial statement theoretically captures the impact of the strategic decisions made by the firm. If this is true‚ you should be able to decipher a few strategic areas of concern by examining the financial statements. 1. What are 4 strategic issues that emerge from an analysis of the financial data. Identify each issue. Using the data‚ give an explanation of what the issue is and what data supports your
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services to both adult and juvenile offenders on probation. They work to rehabilitate offenders by conducting offender risk assessments‚ enforce the conditions of court orders‚ and help to ensure that the offenders are aware of the impact of their crime on the victims and the public. Probation officers help judges to decide on the sentence‚ interview probationers to determine the effectiveness of probation supervision‚ provide pre-sentence reports on offenders who are charged‚ and recommend the
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