Alternative Sentencing We need to realize that the current approach to our penal system is failing terribly. Take a group of people‚ take away all of their possessions and privacy‚ expose them to violence‚ overcrowded cell blocks‚ and the result is a group of people intent on getting even with society rather than contributing to it. It is very expensive to house prisoners. There are several other options to deal with nonviolent offenders. Alternative sentencing is finding other ways to deal
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Mandatory sentencing: judges are too soft on criminals. Their entire focus should be on punishment and retribution‚ and if they keep wasting their time with other considerations then we should introduce mandatory sentencing. To what extent do you agree and why? The sentencing system should not be altered‚ for decreasing the focus and increasing the frequency of sentencing would do more harm than good. An emphasis on merely punishment and retribution in criminal sentencing would prevent the right
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The Rationale of Death Penalty Capital punishment‚ as the highest form of punishment a state would uphold has been a long debated issue. Often dubbed as Death Penalty‚ Deborah White defined it as “the pre-meditated and planned taking of a human life by the state in response to a crime committed by that legally convicted person.” Personally‚ I’m not in favour of making death penalty the highest form of punishment. To support this many points are to be considered: (1) The value of life. Life cannot
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The deterrence theory is based on a rational choice theory. This theory finds the pros and cons of a given situation to determine the desired outcome. William Stuntz (2011)‚ author of The Collapse of American Criminal Justice‚ asserted that “...The more likely murderers‚ rapists‚ and car thieves are to face punishment for their crimes‚ the fewer murders‚ rapes and stolen cars there will be.” (p. 51). Furthermore‚ if people were to commit a crime the more that given crime is punished in the eyes
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bring a style of learning the children will remember through their school years and beyond. I have heard many of the students I teach on Wednesday nights say that they have problems in school because the way they are learning does not grasp their attention. They want more hands on and a more fun way of learning about things. I believe that I can bring fun to the classrooms and staff while still keeping it educational. I can keep the kids wanting to learn by using items that they are interested in today
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Sentencing Paper CJA/234 September 30‚ 2013 Sentencing Paper Earlier responses to crime were to be brutal‚ which included torture‚ humiliation‚ mutilation‚ and branding. These kinds of punishments often attempted to relate the punishment to the crime‚ as close as possible. The first response to crime incorporated linking criminal acts to sin and developing strict punishments. Throughout the years‚ this thought process has changed into a more humane system. The reason for corrections
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A Rationale on the concepts and misconceptions of an area and how‚ as a teacher‚ I can progress children’s understanding Introduction I chose to develop a Medium Term Plan (MTP) to study area with a year five class. The reason for choosing area was because I was surprised on placement how many children did not grasp immediately that the area did not change when the shape changed and I found this extremely challenging to overcome. By looking into the subject more deeply‚ I thought I would
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they perform it in a seconds. The principal thing you have to comprehend is something many refer to as Boolean rationale. Boolean rationale‚ initially created by George Boole in the mid 1800s‚ permits many sudden things to be mapped into bits and bytes. The considerable thing about Boolean rationale is that‚ once you get the hang of things you will clearly understand of how it works. What we consider in our everyday life includes discovering answer to two
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Mandatory minimum sentences are polices that require judges or juries to sentence convicted criminals to a minimum sentence irrespective of possible mitigating circumstances. Mandatory minimum sentences became increasingly popular as a result of the drug war‚ when both the federal government as well as states elected to enact mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders. California’s Three Strikes law was one of the most publicized of these laws. It required a mandatory 25-year to life
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incapacitation‚ deterrence and rehabilitation (Stop the Crime). Retribution means punishment for crimes that a person made against and jeopardize the life of many people. Freedom are taken from criminals to pay to society for their crimes and unpleasant things they have done. Incapacitation means that criminals are isolated so that they can no longer bother and harm the society‚ especially the innocent people that were scared and haunted by the negative things criminals have done. Deterrence means to prevent
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