methods used are some form of probation or parole. While both probation and parole are alternatives to incarceration‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to their uses and effectiveness. Probation is best explained by Frank Schmalleger as “a sentence served while under supervision in the community” (300). For some offenders‚ it may be a good alternative to spending time in prison. Probation is a court ordered agreement where the offender is placed under the supervision of an agency instead of
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I. Why did you pick this topic? If you were bullied in school as a child‚ then the "best years" of your life may have felt more like an endless‚ living nightmare. There is no shortage of social predators trying to boost their self-esteem or status at other people ’s expense. Now imagine a school of hard knocks where the concentration of bullies is much higher than their victims. That ’s what life may be like for many a convict serving time in prison. How impossible is it to not become hardened
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punish a guilty offender. Today‚ though‚ these types of punishments would quickly be labeled as cruel and unusual forms of retribution. Since we can no longer utilize such forms of punishment‚ the criminal justice system has turned to; imprisonment‚ probation‚ fines‚ and even the death penalty to help and deter offenders from a life of crime. As the prison population continues to rise in this country health and safety questions rise as well. Not only for the prisoner but for also for the guards that
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with deterrence and incapacitation. Punishment is used to create deterrence and rehabilitation is used to reduce recidivism. Punishing offenders and then following it up with rehabilitation through community supervision can be the source of helping deter crime. Punishment and community supervision should be based on the type of crime. If the appropriate sentence is issued upon an offender‚ it can help deter them from future criminal activity. Deterrence of Crime Deterrence is a primary goal to
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how these actions relate to the reasoning of utilitarianism‚ deontology and social justice‚ three of the five traditional theories of moral reasoning. Our analysis will determine that it is in the corporation’s best interests to support the Intensive Probation Act. This support will aid in the company’s growth‚ best support the stakeholder’s interests‚ and abide to positive moral reasoning. It’s nearly always the case that a company and its establishment‚ wherever that might be‚ has a local or nearby
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Crime Causation and Diversion Paper James Coleman CJA/374 July 15‚ 2013 University Phoenix In society today‚ there are more juveniles that chose to get involved in criminal activity. The lack of parental guidance‚ low self-esteem‚ extremely poor decision-making and communication skills‚ mixed with a negative peer group‚ and a dysfunctional family unit‚ are some of the characteristics of delinquent youth and the fuel to some of the youth crime problems. With this being stated‚ there are also
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Jennifeer Flores R. LA 202: Creative Persuasion: The Art of Argument Masha Rumer 3:30 pm – 6:20 pm Brannan st. March 23‚ 2009 Proposal Essay: Driving Under influence of Alcohol Drunk drivers continue to plague American highways. They crash‚ they injure‚ and they kill. In 2000‚ 16‚653 traffic fatalities — 40 percent of all highway deaths —involved at least one drinking driver. Every year‚ just in U.S.A‚ almost 20‚000 people are killed in accidents involving people under the influence
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The federal prison system has been unable to keep pace with the steady flow of inmates pouring into its facilities during the past five years‚ despite adding space for thousands of new offenders‚ according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The report also found that the Bureau of Prisons has already surged to 39 percent above capacity and is projected to jump to more than 45 percent above its limits by 2018 (GAO‚ 2012). According to a The New York Times article written by Adam Liptak
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they serve part of their sentence under the supervision of their community. The law says that the U.S. Parole Commission may grant parole if (a) the inmate has substantially observed the rules of the institution; (b) release would not depreciate the seriousness of the offense or promote disrespect for the law; and (c) release would not jeopardize the public welfare. Parole has a three-fold purpose: (1) through the assistance of the United States Probation Officer‚ a parolee may obtain help with problems
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Community Corrections & Alternatives to Incarceration Crackdown. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html Get-Tough Legislation Jail Bait. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html NYS—Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives Racial Profiling. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html Restorative Justice Supermax. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html Thompson‚ S
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