Supermax PrisonsOne of the justifications for supermax prisons is that retributive justice calls for it (Mears & Resig, 2006). However, another is that they promote higher levels of prison order throughout the systems in which they are used (Mears & Continue Reading...
PortfolioIntroductionThe theme of justice was strong in each of the selections I chose for my portfolio. But more interesting to me than justice was the idea of how mercy fits in with the concept of justiceor, as Shakespeare puts it, how mercy season Continue Reading...
Abstract Indeterminate sentencing laws allow judges to give convicted felons a window of time rather a specific sentence length. With indeterminate sentencing, the judge provides a minimum and a maximum but defers authority regarding when a prisoner Continue Reading...
Restorative Justice: How Just is the Philosophy? The principle of restorative justice was first created as an alternative to the two dominant philosophies of corrections: retribution and rehabilitation. The retributive view of corrections suggests t Continue Reading...
Thus, juveniles are put into a position where they will demand retribution not from those who put him in prison, but from society itself (Ross, 2006). Dr. Tim Griffin further articulates, "Relationships created within the rehabilitation process will Continue Reading...
1446) and it also reinforces that the offender's actions are not taken seriously by the government. A retributive system for criminal punishment accomplishes the ideal of equal liberty under law (Markel, 2004). When an individual commits a crime, th Continue Reading...
This is particularly important when making decisions about court processes and sentencing practices in the juvenile court. The ability of youth to recognize that sanctions will drastically increase in the adult system is ample reason to justify the Continue Reading...
Women in Prison Major Legal Issues Concerning Female Inmates Problems in corrections: Dealing with the unique needs of women in the prison system The number of female prison inmates in America and internationally is growing. Although men still ou Continue Reading...
humans have been concerned with the most expedient and effective means of punishment for a crime committed. Recently, the United States has turned more to a correctional than a rehabilitative approach to punishing offenders. Studies conflict as to t Continue Reading...
Corrections Describe the social, political, and economic factors which are expected to impact correctional hiring in the next few years. There has been an explosion of hiring in corrections. "In addition to exploding inmate and offender populations Continue Reading...
This kind of evidence differs from circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence attempts to prove some facts by attesting to or proving events or circumstances from which other occurrences may be reasonably inferred. It differs from direct evide Continue Reading...
The case of State v. Ninham represents an important juncture in the discourse on juvenile justice, highlighting the complexities and ethical considerations surrounding the sentencing of juveniles to life without parole for heinous crimes. At the hear Continue Reading...
Labeling Theory: Theories of Deviance In sociology and criminology, labeling theorists were among the first to suggest that crime was not produced by inherent defects within the individual’s biology or character, but rather was a social constru Continue Reading...
