The Punishment of Offenders When it comes to imposing legal sanctions‚ there are many rationales‚ goals and principles of sentencing. The four traditional goals are: retribution (deserved punishment)‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ and rehabilitation. According Clear‚ Cole‚ and Reisig (2013)‚ “Sentencing and correctional policies may be carried out in such a way that no one goal dominates or‚ in some cases‚ that justice itself is not demonstrably served” (p. 66). Retribution Retribution is punishment
Premium Criminal justice Criminology Crime
Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Peter Greenwood Summary Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency‚ says Peter Greenwood‚ not only saves young lives from being wasted‚ but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and
Premium Crime Juvenile delinquency Criminology
Efficacy of Sexual Offender Treatment: Juvenile Sexual Offenders with Mental Health Diagnosis Lynetric Rivers Liberty University Abstract Juvenile sex offending has been on the rise over the past ten years. Juvenile sex offenders are best described between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. It has often been thought the percentage of sexual disorders in relation to juvenile sex offenders have been low. It is very possible they have simply been misdiagnosed. Dr. Fong describes hypersexual
Premium Sex offender Human sexual behavior Sexual intercourse
Elina Gelfenboym Professor Chu March 3‚ 2014 Mental Rehabilitation for Abused Children Marchella Brett-Pierce had been tied to her little bed by her mother‚ starved‚ and beaten (“ACS workers reach plea deal in girl ’s death”). Authorities found 4 year old Adonis Reed left for dead in his home‚ alone‚ unconscious on the couch‚ and rushed him to a local hospital. Doctors there pronounced the boy dead (“Who killed four year-old abused boy‚ left to die alone in Long Island house?”) Child
Premium Physical abuse Child abuse Abuse
from its initial intent to house offenders before their trial/ public punishment‚ to housing offenders as a form of punishment to rehabilitating them while withholding them in state’s custody. However‚ at least over the last two decades United State’s federal and local officials have implanted laws and utilized systems that considerably impede the success of an ex-offender’s reentry into society. This essay will analyze the broad range of roadblocks faced by ex-offenders‚ the legislative origin of these
Premium Prison Penology Criminal justice
married and gave a birth to children. The American Dream is the opportunity to realize people’s individual dreams. I believe that in our current society the ways in which the American Dream is possible are hardworking‚ financial support‚ and efforts. Being hardworking is one way that makes the American Dream possible. If
Premium United States The Great Gatsby James Truslow Adams
Although prison education and rehabilitation programs are offered in some prisons in the United States‚ there are still numerous prisons that haven’t implemented them. The purpose of these programs is to educate prisoners and prevent re-offense. However‚ the issue comes down to determining to what extent the purpose of imprisonment should be rehabilitation because some argue that punishment’s enough to educate prisoners. In contrast‚ proponents of these programs argue that it’s essential prisoners
Premium Prison Crime Criminal justice
Introduction The idea of building windmill can easily be traced back to the ancient trend of mankind to use the force of nature for our benefit. The basic principle of a windmill is to rotate large turbines when the wind blows and use that energy to produce electricity. The mechanical energy that is created from the rotation of the turbines is converted to electrical energy and stored for later use. There is some initial cost of setting up the windmills and after that it’s like free energy
Premium Windmill Wind turbine Wind power
that there are possibilities of time travel and others say that it is impossible. In my opinion‚ I think it is possible with right research and advanced technology for time travel to be possible. If time travel is invented‚ and someone did come back in time from the future‚ and change things without making themselves widely known as time travelers‚ it is possible that if it was changed in the past‚ then it changes all the time from that point up to the present. Therefore
Free Time travel Time
American Dream isn’t possible? “There’s no reason why we can’t restore the basic‚ American promise that if you work hard‚ you can do well.” (Kunhenn‚ 2012) America is a land with a lot more opportunities and freedom than any other nation. There’s no excuse not to achieve ones dreams in this country. The American dream is still universally available for anyone to achieve; it’s still possible because it has been done many times‚ we live in a free country and anything is possible with hard work.
Premium James Truslow Adams United States English-language films