describes five goals of contemporary sentencing: retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation‚ and restoration. Retribution corresponds to the just deserts model of sentencing and is best understood from the biblical reference to “eye for an eye‚ tooth for a tooth.” Incapacitation seeks to isolate offenders from society. Deterrence‚ both specific and general‚ focuses on preventing crimes. Rehabilitation seeks to change the offender‚ and restoration seeks to make the victim “whole again.”
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References: Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability. (2010). Intermediate Sanctions for Non-Violent Offenders Could Produce Savings. Retrieved from http://Intermediate Sanctions for Non-Violent Offenders Could Produce Savings Office of the State Attorney. (2000). State of Florida Crime and Punishment Chart. Retrieved from www.crimeandpunishment.net/fl Online Sunshine
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treatments and juvenile justice intermediate sanctions fail to take into account both the social nature of delinquency as well as the etiological differences between life-course persistent offenders and adolescent-limited offenders. For both categories of Moffitt’s taxonomy‚ the strong social nature of delinquency is apparent. Because of this‚ it is imperative that adolescents found to be delinquent within the juvenile justice system be placed in intermediate sanctions with other adolescents that demonstrate
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15 PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS The extension of probation for felonies still encounters strenuous antagonism and distrust. Most of this antagonism flows from the fear that probation will undermine the efficiency of punishment as a deterrent of crime. Formerly‚ severity of punishment was believed to be the great deterrent. Severity of punishment has not deterred crime to any great extent. — FRANK WADE‚ CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION‚ 1923 INTRODUCTION This chapter considers
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convicted offenders. Corrections 2. Question: The justification for punishment to stop others from committing a crime was: deterrence 3. Question: One component of community-based corrections is: Parole 4. Question: An example of intermediate sentencing is: house arrest 5. Question: The executive branch can appoint and dismiss executive directors of criminal justice within its jurisdictions. True 6. Question: The Twelve Tables made Roman laws even more brutal than the
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Critical Issues in the American Criminal Justice System: Sentencing Decisions and the Death Penalty Richard W Ramsay Dr. Allen Lowery CJ 6624 – Court Administration December 1‚ 2010 Abstract This paper discusses three critical issues in the criminal justice system. It touches on the general issues of punishment philosophies‚ sentence decision making‚ and prison overcrowding and focused more specifically on the negative effects of each. Highlighted in this informational paper
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prison programs with the correctional sanction that demonstrate Military Basic Tactics such as ‚ physical training‚ drills‚ ceremonies‚ education etc. Correctional boot camps are also referred to as shock probation and or intensive incarceration. Cook County Boot Camp presently known as Vocational Rehabilitation Impact Center or V.R.I.C. is another alternative when sentencing an inmate‚ other than a traditional prison sentence. The Boot Camp/Vocational Rehabilitation Impact Center is within the Cook
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Community Corrections Community corrections affect society in numerous ways. From probation and parole‚ to intermediate sanctions such as work release‚ community residential centers‚ nonprofit organizations‚ prerelease guidance centers‚ and partial incarceration‚ community corrections serve a vital role in the balance of criminal justice system in America. The prison system in America ensures Constitutional rights and humane treatment‚ not guaranteed in the prison systems of foreign countries. If
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main goal is to punish those that are found guilty there are five sentencing rationales in use in the American criminal justice system. These rationales are retribution‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation‚ restoration‚ and incapacitation. In the case of State v. Stu Dents‚ the judge will use the rationales of rehabilitation and incapacitation. The defense and prosecutors will make their arguments and propose the type of sentence Mr. Dents should receive which in turn will protect him and society. Defense
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guidelines and judicial discretion with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the second model‚ some states have instituted programs in which correctional officials may direct already sentenced offenders into alternative sanction programs and parole and probation options. Both models are designed to help reduce prison overcrowding
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