How Do Prisons Affect Our Society
Prisons have such a major affect in our society today. Prisons are suppose to be the location we send our criminals to pay for their actions toward society. Many people have argued the goal of these prisons. To some the goal of prisons is to punish the criminals for the actions they committed. To others the goal of prison is to rehabilitate the offenders and allow them to change to become socially acceptable.
Corrections has been a key aspect of civilization since its integration to society. In our modern age, the U.S prison system has grown and it supervises six times more people than it did in 1974 (Clear, Cole, Reisig & Pestrosino, 2011). This change has been caused by changes in punishment given out since 1972, and not due to a change …show more content…
It may appear that the probation and parole is being offered to a large number of inmates. Numbers however lie. It is worth noting herein that considering this number there is only 1.8% growth in the probation and parole population. According to the US Department of Justice, the average is 2.2% since 1995. If the average of growth is only 2.2% and for 2006 there was a significant reduction in the number of inmates who availed of probation and parole, this only means that majority of inmates in the United States are still languishing in jail despite the commission of petty crimes and offenses (Thibault et al, 2011). Parole and Probation programs however should be closely monitored by the probation and parole officers. These officers have the responsibility of making recommendations whether probation and parole should be granted. In this situation it is very important that close study must be made by them before they submit their recommendation. Also, even after their recommendation they must develop a system by which they will be able to monitor the activities of these …show more content…
W., Scott, C. E., Hutson, T., Prison Labor Effects on the Unskilled Labor Market, American Economist, XLVII, 2, (2004), p. 74-81.
Frost, N. A., Greene, J., & Pranis, K. (2006). Hard hit: The growth in the imprisonment of women, 1977-2004. Institute on Women & Criminal Justice: The Punitiveness Report.
Garland, D. (1990) Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
NREPP. SAMHSA, (2012). Helping women recover and beyond trauma. Retrieved from SAMHSA 's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices website: http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=181
. R. Clear, G. F. Cole, M. D. Reisig and C. Petrosino. (1st Ed). (2011). American Corrections in Brief. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Siegal, L. J. (2010). Criminology, The Core. Lowell: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Staton-Tindall, M., (2007). Female offender drug use and related issues. Women’s Health Issues.
Stoever, Heino. (2002). Journal of Drug Issues, Spring2002, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p573-595.
Thibault, Edward A., Lawrence M. Lynch, and R. Bruce McBride. (2011) Proactive Police Management, 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall
Valier, C. (2002) Theories of Crime and Punishment. Harlow: Pearson Education
Corrections has been a key aspect of civilization since its integration to society. In our modern age, the U.S prison system has grown and it supervises six times more people than it did in 1974 (Clear, Cole, Reisig & Pestrosino, 2011). This change has been caused by changes in punishment given out since 1972, and not due to a change …show more content…
It may appear that the probation and parole is being offered to a large number of inmates. Numbers however lie. It is worth noting herein that considering this number there is only 1.8% growth in the probation and parole population. According to the US Department of Justice, the average is 2.2% since 1995. If the average of growth is only 2.2% and for 2006 there was a significant reduction in the number of inmates who availed of probation and parole, this only means that majority of inmates in the United States are still languishing in jail despite the commission of petty crimes and offenses (Thibault et al, 2011). Parole and Probation programs however should be closely monitored by the probation and parole officers. These officers have the responsibility of making recommendations whether probation and parole should be granted. In this situation it is very important that close study must be made by them before they submit their recommendation. Also, even after their recommendation they must develop a system by which they will be able to monitor the activities of these …show more content…
W., Scott, C. E., Hutson, T., Prison Labor Effects on the Unskilled Labor Market, American Economist, XLVII, 2, (2004), p. 74-81.
Frost, N. A., Greene, J., & Pranis, K. (2006). Hard hit: The growth in the imprisonment of women, 1977-2004. Institute on Women & Criminal Justice: The Punitiveness Report.
Garland, D. (1990) Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
NREPP. SAMHSA, (2012). Helping women recover and beyond trauma. Retrieved from SAMHSA 's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices website: http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=181
. R. Clear, G. F. Cole, M. D. Reisig and C. Petrosino. (1st Ed). (2011). American Corrections in Brief. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Siegal, L. J. (2010). Criminology, The Core. Lowell: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Staton-Tindall, M., (2007). Female offender drug use and related issues. Women’s Health Issues.
Stoever, Heino. (2002). Journal of Drug Issues, Spring2002, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p573-595.
Thibault, Edward A., Lawrence M. Lynch, and R. Bruce McBride. (2011) Proactive Police Management, 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall
Valier, C. (2002) Theories of Crime and Punishment. Harlow: Pearson Education