Australia‚ during 2010 there was approximately 38 young people incarcerated per 100‚000‚ and this is why many believe the incarceration of youth to be one of the biggest issues in Australia. While these figures have dropped dramatically since 1981‚ many believe it can be lowered further. South Australia’s youth are prosecuted in accordance to the Young Offenders Act of 1993‚ which applies to youth between the ages of 10-17. This act aims to maintain social cohesion and progress‚ and it attempts to do
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I find it funny that a country with the highest incarceration rate per capita than any country in the world has the audacity to call itself “the land of the free”. The United States has become a prison state‚ if not a police state. But what is the cause of these outrageous incarceration numbers? Three words: war on drugs. The U.S. has 751 people in prison for every 100‚000 of the population. Russia is the only country that comes close with 627 per every 100‚000 people. 3.1 percent of the adult
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The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated
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Alternative Sentencing We need to realize that the current approach to our penal system is failing terribly. Take a group of people‚ take away all of their possessions and privacy‚ expose them to violence‚ overcrowded cell blocks‚ and the result is a group of people intent on getting even with society rather than contributing to it. It is very expensive to house prisoners. There are several other options to deal with nonviolent offenders. Alternative sentencing is finding other ways to deal
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Increased penalties and incarceration are the main solutions of crime prevention for advocates who believe that drugs should be prohibited. Two main reasons for this are its deterrent effects and social harm factors (Levitt‚ 1996‚ Weatherburn‚ 2014). Levitt (1996)‚ at the height of rapidly increasing speeds of incarceration writes that increased prison population is a threat to deter people from engaging in criminal acts due to an increased threat of imprisonment. Also‚ incapacitation will be a benefit
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United States has created a system of mass incarceration due to compromised motivation for these institutions to maximize profits. Over the last four and a half decades‚ the United States has experienced a surge in the incarceration rates. In 2013‚ 1‚598‚780 people occupied state or federal prisons compared to 196‚429 in 1970 (“Incarceration Generation” 1). This rise in prison population may be a result of harsher penalties and legislation on non-violent crimes. For instance‚ President Nixon officially
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incorporated into standard police procedures. The Miranda Warning‚ is the requirement set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona June 13‚ 1966 that prior to the time of arrest and any interrogation of a person suspected of a crime‚ he/she must be told that he/she has: the right to remain silent‚ the right to be told that anything he/she said while in custody can and will be used against him/her in a court of law‚ and that he/she has the right to legal counsel. The Miranda Warnings
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the case. However‚ when analyzing incarceration rates and the gender distribution of incarceration rates‚ there is an obvious discrepancy. Spanning the width of any historical timeline‚ the rates at which men are sentenced to imprisonment far exceed those of women. While it can be argued that man is generally responsible for the majority of crimes historically committed‚ when strictly comparing the incarceration rates of men and women charged for the same crime‚ it is undeniable that men are incarcerated
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the possible total affects of incarceration on the labor market outcomes (Pettit & Western‚ 2001). Emeka (2009) questions to what degree incarceration can cause for employment opportunities and finds that survey research is poorly equipped to offer a definitive
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Running Head: INCARCERATION EFFECTS Incarceration Effects on a Child Abstract When a parent becomes incarcerated inside a prison whether‚ the offenders are not the only ones affected. The impact of incarcerating a guardian affects the family on the outside. The children and the remaining guardian‚ if any‚ face severe consequences. Studies have shown that children whose parent(s) is incarcerated leads to many psychological‚ emotional and social disturbances. Imprisonment‚ incarceration for any
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