I chose this study because it provided a balanced look at the reality that youth offenders no matter their race can stop offending as adults. This study involved 25 males who had a history of juvenile delinquency (Ruhland‚ Witham‚ Daily & Johnson‚ 2006). There were Black‚ White‚ Asian‚ Native American and Other male participants. The participants were chosen because they had no serious crimes since becoming adults (Ruhland et al.‚ 2006). In addition‚ it investigated the perspectives of the male participants
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have witnessed continuing debate over the rationales for punishing convicted offenders (Hirsch‚ 1992). Whilst retributivist views punishment as ethnical principles‚ which are morally justified because it is deserved and it is inherently right that the guilty suffer for their wrongdoings‚ others such as utilitarian’s‚ view punishment as beneficial consequences in that it reduces occurrences for further crimes. Punishment may reduce the rate of bad acts through fear‚ by discouraging those contemplating
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Objectives of Punishment There have been many rules throughout history some choose to follow those rules and some choose to break the rules. The big question is the product to those who should break the rules. There was a day when parents could spank their children freely and accepted as simply normal. As the years went on‚ society started to see how people would take it too far. Therefore‚ laws had to change. It is the same within today’s prison system. Individuals are in prison because
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mass-incarceration. The United States prison systems should reallocate their money to focus more on correction than on life-long punishment so that taxpayers save money and potentially transform life time prisoners into productive citizens. The economics behind prisons have changed over the past four decades. Prisons in the U.S. have cost taxpayers more and more every year going back as far as the 1970’s. As much as $87‚000‚000‚000 has been spent on incarceration every year. With an increase in the prison population
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able to identify and describe the treatment approaches for paraphilics there have been conducted. Although the majority of the treatment programs identified by Marshall et al. seemed to only be treating those that are convicted sexual offenders there was never any mention of non-offending paraphilias that go through treatment. They decided to focus their study on sexual offenders because they found in their research that that since other paraphilics and sexual offenders were thought to be so similar
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Punishment Philosophies Abstract The processes by which justice is applied are determined largely by proposed punishment philosophies. These express various concerns and arguments regarding appropriate sentencing and treatment. The philosophy of rehabilitation dominates the proceedings of juvenile courts‚ and is heavily scrutinized at an adult level‚ or when the criminal behavior of juveniles continues to accelerate‚ but
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According to the (freedictionary.com) Corrections is referred to as the treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration‚ rehabilitation‚ probation‚ and parole‚ or the administrative system by which these are effectuated. There are various types of punishment in the field of corrections. Firstly‚ Retribution can be seen as the idea that an offender should be punished for their wrongdoings or in other words “the punishment should fit the crime”. A perfect example of an application of this
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Alex Mueller Professor Goff Writing 122 19 February 2013 A Fair Punishment On the morning of April 21st‚ 2009‚ my biology teacher gave me‚ and the rest of the class‚ some terrible news. She told us that my high school classmate and friend‚ Major Washington‚ had been killed in a car accident the previous night. I later learned that Major‚ and his mother Sylvia Porter‚ had been hit by a drunk driver on their way to return a movie. The man behind the wheel was driving with a suspended license
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The criminal justice system uses unique policies and programs to address the difficulties associated with dealing with young offenders. It is widely accepted by the international and Australian standards that children and young offenders should be subject to an alternate criminal justice system than adults‚ which identifies and recognizes their inexperience and irresponsibility. “Best interests of the child” (CROC article 3). In NSW‚ daily there are over 500 under 18s incarcerated in juvenile institutions
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT ASSIGNMENT ORAL PRESENTATION Theories of Punishment Question - ‘What form of punishment should lawmakers seek to develop in Australia?” Introduction Good morning class‚ today I will be talking to you about the 3 main forms of punishment and the form of punishment that lawmakers should seek to develop in Australia. The three justifications for punishment currently used in our society today are retribution‚ deterrence and rehabilitation. Our society today uses these three
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