Sentencing Paper Toska Reed Introduction of Corrections/CJA234 February 02‚ 2015 University of Phoenix Online Professor John Eckert Sentencing Paper In this paper will describe how the system analyzes the principal objectives of punishment within the United States correctional system. It will also describe how the state and federal systems goals of punishment. How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall and I will explain and support my answer? Also‚ this paper
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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Queensland Mandatory Sentencing Good Morning Class‚ today I will be speaking on a issue that‚ due to recent changes in legislation has sparked both support and outrage within the greater Queensland community. The issue of course‚ being the notion of mandatory sentencing. In recent years‚ Queensland and other States‚ including New South Wales and Victoria‚ have introduced mandatory sentencing laws for certain types of offences. The Queensland Government is now
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financial crisis. While the proportion of households living below the poverty line reduced slightly from 35.7 per cent in 2000 to 33.6 per cent in 2007‚ the actual number of poor Tanzanians is increasing because the population is growing at a faster rate. The 2009 HDR showed a similar trend whereby the Human Development Index in
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How Exercise Helps Reduce Stress Published: 26th December 2009 Views: 27621 We have heard it so many times before that there are many benefits to exercise especially when used to lower stress. If everyone knows that exercise is important then why is stress‚ disease‚ and fatigue so prevalent in today’s society? The answer is simple. We know what to do we just aren’t doing it. Experts agree that one best way to manage stress is through exercise. Exercise has been proven to relax the body
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Employment is the key to reducing recidivism Derrick G. Patrick COM/150 November 09‚ 2012 Dr. David Willis Employment is the Key to reducing recidivism Individuals returning from incarceration each year live in virtually every zip code in the country. Most ex-offenders have every intention of becoming productive‚ tax paying citizens‚ and no intention of returning to the penal system. However ex-offenders are largely on their own when returning to our communities. They are
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This week’s reading focuses on the various types of sentencing theories‚ the types of sentencing options‚ and how they are applied. I found the just deserts and retribution perspectives to be interesting. While these theories are similar in their favoring of proportionality in sentencing‚ they differ in terms of when prison sentences should be imposed and the length of prison sentences (when they are imposed). Retributionists believe that individuals that cause harm should be inflicted with the
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dictionary an Asylum seeker is: “a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.”The big debate surrounding the area of asylum seekers is how to moderate the amount of boat people coming into Australia. The Malaysian Solution was one of the approaches to reduce the amount of asylum seekers arriving to Australia by boat. The Solution was this: If Malaysia accepted 800 of Australia’s next ‘boat people’ then Australia would accept 4000 of Malaysia’s
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committed by criminals who should’ve never had access to a gun in the first place. In order to reduce gun violence we need to start by reforming legislation‚ improving the mental and physical health of citizens in need‚ efficient and effective background checks including how and what is reported‚ keeping track of what guns are sold‚ lost‚ or stolen and smart and effective enforcement of our gun laws.
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The effects of punishment and sentencing The four fundamental philosophies surrounding the purpose of sentencing are; retribution‚ this philosophy is the belief that those who commit criminal acts should be punished according to the seriousness of the crime and that no other circumstances are considered‚ deterrence‚ this strategy is the thought that if the punishment given is severe enough that it will stop the potential criminal from committing the crime or to be a repeat offender. Incapacitate
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associate an individual’s external appearance with personality traits that can be tremendously inaccurate. To reduce problems of racial prejudice in society individuals need to alter their cognitive strategies that are causing them to briefly categorize people in particularly negative ways. Furthermore‚ children need to be taught as well about these negative cognitive strategies and how to avoid categorizing people. Witter‚ Hammer and Dunn express in in the textbook Adjust‚ that stereotypes are
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