Assess the role discretion plays in the sentencing and punishment of offenders. Sentencing and punishment has actively involved the discretion of judges and magistrates in affecting the decision of the sentencing. Discretion involves the power of Judges and magistrates to determine the most appropriate sentence for a case. Allowing judicial officers to decide sentences on a case by case basis and thus permitting them to take into account the various circumstances. Many factors influence the role
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Various Treatment Options for Sexual Offenders and Their Efficacy Rates Abstract The assessment and treatment of sexual offending has varied greatly within the last 40 years. The establishment of sexual offender treatment began in the 1970’s where medical officials focused on reducing criminal psychological or pathologies with the use of physical/chemical castration and various pharmaceutical remedies. As treatment ideals evolved‚ cognitive-behavioral treatment became the
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An Alternative to Incarceration for Nonviolent Offenders COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS PROFESSOR WARDEN J. JONES April 11‚ 2013 Community corrections is a range of alternative punishments for nonviolent offenders. There are two basic community corrections models in the United States. In the first model‚ integrated community corrections programs combine sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the
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program. Sex Offenders People who commit sex crimes are known as sex offenders. We also define sex offenders as an individual who has confessed to‚ or been convicted of committing a sex crime‚ including rape‚ child molestation‚ and also downloading from the Internet or distributing child pornography. Laws against convicted sex offenders include the registration of all names in publicly accessed databases‚ the collection of DNA samples‚ State laws restricting where sex offenders can live and
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Neil Condon CRJS 600 Dr. Richeson Nonviolent Offenders Is Incarceration the Answer? "It’s really clear that the most effective way to turn a nonviolent person into a violent one is to send them to prison‚" says Harvard University criminologist James Gilligan. The American prison system takes nonviolent offenders and makes them live side-by-side with hardened killers. The very nature of prison‚ no matter people view it‚ produces an environment that is inevitably harmful to its residents
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There are a lot of sanctions on sex offenders but there are only put in place to help the people that live in the communities and it can help the offender not try to commit any more sex crimes. The sanctions are helpful and can reduce recidivism among sex offenders. These sanctions are warranted and are needed. There are many types of sex offences. A lot of them are more common than most. `Sex offences include: Molestation/Lewd Act with a Minor‚ Rape‚ Statutory rape or Unlawful Sexual Intercourse
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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 presumed not to have the capacity to handle adult responsibilities (Labelle‚ Phillips‚ Horton‚ 2006). Last year‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for offenders under 18 was cruel and unusual punishment‚ and therefore unconstitutional. At
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Dayara Rodriguez Prison & Punishment Paul Lichtbraun CJ 202/01 Community corrections programs oversee offenders outside of jail or prison. They are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. Community corrections include probation — correctional supervision within the community rather than jail or prison and parole‚ also a period of conditional‚ supervised release from prison. Evaluating sex offenders residency restrictions restrictions can how
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JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND THE DEATH PENATLY Juvenile Offenders and the ideas of how to punish them for their crimes has been a national topic of discussion with just about everyone you meet. From the local politicians to the concerned parent who worries about their children. What punishment juveniles should receive has always been a sensitive subject. From state to state‚ city to city the views and opinions vary and varies on what should be the correct punishment for a juvenile offender. The juvenile
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Introduction Treatment providers recognized that sex offenders evidenced had a high prevalence of cognitive distortions‚ or thought processes that allowed the offenders to neutralize their feelings of guilt and shame (Abel‚ 1989). No matter what setting that cognitive therapy is used in‚ its purpose is to focus on the way an individual thinks and to change any type of “thinking errors”. For our purposes‚ cognitive treatment is used in the correctional and community setting to help offenders think rationally
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