Prison Term Policy Research Paper
Prison Term Policy Recommendation
Prison Term Policy Recommendation
In this paper I will provide a recommendation concerning the issue of a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. I will also address the reasoning behind my recommendations concerning the matter.
Regardless of how many voters are for or against a bill does not mean that it should become a policy. Many people would believe that this bill if passed would be for a greater cause or for the greater good. I think that the bill should be looked into a bit differently in order to see if there are some better solutions for people convicted of armed robbery.
With the bill being in question I think we have to review what the bill will …show more content…
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) defines the crime of armed robbery as “An aggravated form of robbery in which the defendant is armed with a dangerous weapon, though it is not necessary to prove that he used the weapon to effectuate the robbery. The taking of property from person or presence of another by use of force or by threatening use of force while armed with a dangerous weapon”
In the old days those convicted of robbery or armed robbery could receive the death penalty. Capital punishment was big in the old days and was popular up until about the early to late 1960s, in that time there were 10 states that used death as a form of punishment for robbery. Between 1930 and 1963, there were a total of about 24 people that were executed for robbery.
The death penalty is no longer available as an option for punishment today, however “if someone is killed in the commission of a robbery then the suspect can be sentenced and receive the death penalty on felony murder.”(Law, Jrank, …show more content…
I understand the need for the government to show effort that they will not tolerate crime. I understand that the government often wants to make an impression on the public because after all if you cannot satisfy the public you lose votes come election time, that is just politics but at what cost are we willing to enact something to make a point to the people?
I believe that everyone who has a normal way of life without crime is all for harsher punishments and penalties for those who take what they want knowing they have not Earned anything and choose not to do so. In a different point of view for example if someone has been a victim of armed robbery they have had something taken from them forcefully.
So if we were to pass this bill it will lead to more costs in order to house the inmates longer, feed them , provide medical, and build new jails and prisons because of overcrowding it is eventually going to seem like they are being victimized again because all of us including the victims will be paying for it with
Prison Term Policy Recommendation
In this paper I will provide a recommendation concerning the issue of a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. I will also address the reasoning behind my recommendations concerning the matter.
Regardless of how many voters are for or against a bill does not mean that it should become a policy. Many people would believe that this bill if passed would be for a greater cause or for the greater good. I think that the bill should be looked into a bit differently in order to see if there are some better solutions for people convicted of armed robbery.
With the bill being in question I think we have to review what the bill will …show more content…
The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) defines the crime of armed robbery as “An aggravated form of robbery in which the defendant is armed with a dangerous weapon, though it is not necessary to prove that he used the weapon to effectuate the robbery. The taking of property from person or presence of another by use of force or by threatening use of force while armed with a dangerous weapon”
In the old days those convicted of robbery or armed robbery could receive the death penalty. Capital punishment was big in the old days and was popular up until about the early to late 1960s, in that time there were 10 states that used death as a form of punishment for robbery. Between 1930 and 1963, there were a total of about 24 people that were executed for robbery.
The death penalty is no longer available as an option for punishment today, however “if someone is killed in the commission of a robbery then the suspect can be sentenced and receive the death penalty on felony murder.”(Law, Jrank, …show more content…
I understand the need for the government to show effort that they will not tolerate crime. I understand that the government often wants to make an impression on the public because after all if you cannot satisfy the public you lose votes come election time, that is just politics but at what cost are we willing to enact something to make a point to the people?
I believe that everyone who has a normal way of life without crime is all for harsher punishments and penalties for those who take what they want knowing they have not Earned anything and choose not to do so. In a different point of view for example if someone has been a victim of armed robbery they have had something taken from them forcefully.
So if we were to pass this bill it will lead to more costs in order to house the inmates longer, feed them , provide medical, and build new jails and prisons because of overcrowding it is eventually going to seem like they are being victimized again because all of us including the victims will be paying for it with