Prison Reform
Prison Reform Rehabilitation Process
CJA/334
July 13, 2013
Prison Reform
Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons, provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show whether or not the criminal justice efforts to reform criminals so that they may become law-abiding citizens are working. Finally we will show what some contributing factors of repeat offenders are and what can be done to improve the penal systems rehabilitation process.
Rehabilitation
What is Rehabilitation? As early as the 19th century, the criminal justice system has gone through great efforts to prevent crime, to no avail crime and the way criminals commit crimes continue to grow. There are a high number of crime rates in this country and the rehabilitation process is meant to reform prisoners to make them law-abiding citizens; however, despite the many efforts and programs in place to aid in the rehabilitation process the numbers of repeat offenders continue to grow.
Studies of recidivism rates showed that in the late 70s rehabilitative sentencing was more ideal than reality. At which time statistical data displayed that 90% of previously convicted offenders continued to commit crimes after their release from prison (Schmalleger, 2011). It was suggested that the government become stricter with its sentencing policies, whereby introducing indeterminate sentencing. Indeterminate sentencing is a form of sentencing that encourages the criminal to go along with the rehabilitation process (Schmalleger, 2011). That is because this form of sentencing does not state a specific amount a time an offender has to serve but rather gives a time frame of when a criminal may be
CJA/334
July 13, 2013
Prison Reform
Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons, provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show whether or not the criminal justice efforts to reform criminals so that they may become law-abiding citizens are working. Finally we will show what some contributing factors of repeat offenders are and what can be done to improve the penal systems rehabilitation process.
Rehabilitation
What is Rehabilitation? As early as the 19th century, the criminal justice system has gone through great efforts to prevent crime, to no avail crime and the way criminals commit crimes continue to grow. There are a high number of crime rates in this country and the rehabilitation process is meant to reform prisoners to make them law-abiding citizens; however, despite the many efforts and programs in place to aid in the rehabilitation process the numbers of repeat offenders continue to grow.
Studies of recidivism rates showed that in the late 70s rehabilitative sentencing was more ideal than reality. At which time statistical data displayed that 90% of previously convicted offenders continued to commit crimes after their release from prison (Schmalleger, 2011). It was suggested that the government become stricter with its sentencing policies, whereby introducing indeterminate sentencing. Indeterminate sentencing is a form of sentencing that encourages the criminal to go along with the rehabilitation process (Schmalleger, 2011). That is because this form of sentencing does not state a specific amount a time an offender has to serve but rather gives a time frame of when a criminal may be
References: Gilligan, J. (2012). Punishment Fails. Rehabilitation Works. The New York Times. Retrieved From http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/18/prison-could-be-productive/punishment-fails-rehabilitation-works Johnson, R., Dobrzanska, A., & Palla, S. (2005). The American Prison in Historical Perspective: Race, Gender, and Adjustment Rehabilitation. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved July 14, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia