Sentencing is an important aspect in the criminal justice process. It is the punishment defendants receive when they are convicted of a crime. The punishment spectrum is wide and vast‚ ranging from probation to death. Punishment and sentencing present some of the most complex issues of the criminal justice system. There are four main philosophical reasons surrounding the purpose of sentencing; they are retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation and rehabilitation. Retribution is the philosophy
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Juvenile delinquents were committing 13 percent of the violent crimes such as homicide‚ robbery‚ rape‚ kidnapping‚ and aggravated assault. It was not up until the mid-1990s that those rates started to decline‚ there are experts who say that the surge of violence came from the children of baby boomers entering what they called "prime crime" years. There are also experts who say the opposite‚ crime rates will increase by nearly twice as much by 2010. The two completely different predictions lead to
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juvenile with adults in prison‚ juvenile institutions does not rehabilitate‚ but in some juvenile cases this has been the sentence for harsher punishments for a severe crime. All criminals should receive counseling‚ training for employment and probation. Juveniles are not the only criminals that need rehabilitation. Consequences are not just strictly punishment; they must include a way to learn from the mistakes as well as receive a punishment. Intervention is another way of helping the juveniles
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The program’s stopping/preventing (actions or feelings) strategies include many warrants and long sentences for long-lasting law-breakers‚ aggressive enforcement of probation restrictions‚ and use/military service of Federal enforcement powers. The prevention (success plan(s)/way(s) of reaching goals) is centered on a high-reaching communications (series of actions to reach a goal) involving meetings with both community groups and gang members. Everyone in the community is (based on knowledge and
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without rehabilitation is not promising. Those that are released from the system need to be showed the skills on how to survive in everyday life. Those that do not get placed into rehabilitation programs have a high probability of violating their parole and relapsing on paste drug and alcohol addiction. This essay will provide history‚ statistics‚ and facts that after favor help programs after incarceration and there success rate History In early 2008‚ the "Second Chance Act" was rd ratified by the 43
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DRAFT MIDTERM PAPER Introduction It is estimated that thousands of children have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes committed at an age when they are not considered responsible enough to live away from their parents‚ drive‚ make decisions related to their education or medical treatment‚ vote‚ leave school or sign a contract. In Addition‚ children under the age 18 cannot legally purchase or consume alcohol‚ serve on juries or be drafted‚ because they are
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Case Study: Out-of-Town Brown and the Besieged Probation Supervisor Case Study: Out-of-Town Brown and the Besieged Probation Supervisor This case study will examine four parts of out-of-town brown and the besieged probation supervisor. The first is what should Casey’s response be to the reporter concerning the agency’s recommendation. The second is if Casey elects to discuss her officer’s recommendation for some form of intermediate sanction‚ how can she justify such sanctions in general and
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instead of housing an inmate. Community based corrections is used as an alternative to being locked up‚ this is also cost effective rather than housing them in prison or jail because they foot the bill. Community based corrections is known as parole‚ probation‚ house arrest‚ or electronic monitoring. Community based corrections is a privilege and there are many rules that need to be followed‚ and if they disobey any of the rules the get sent back to prison or jail. Currently we have a bill that passed
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Stephanie. Bethea threathed Young to help him rob motels or else he would have killed both Young and his mother. After hearing all sides and all witnesses in the hearing‚ the judged reduced the sentence to 30 more years in confinement and 10 years of probation with “good behavior”. Kenneth Young will be released in 2030‚ so by the time he is 45 years old. They mentioned that the average african american lives up to 50-72 years‚ and found this “fair”. His mother and attorney‚ Paolo Annino is still
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America today is many things: advanced‚ modern‚ influential - but is it racist? Since the birth of this great nation‚ racism existed and has continued to live through different mediums. Latent racism seeks to establish racial prejudice and discrimination through subtle forms‚ even at a subconscious level. Although latent racism is hard to prove‚ many people have made it their duty to showcase and expose forms of racism that one would not normally jump to. For example‚ in the article Occupy the Dream:
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