There are is much to learn about the criminal justice system especially when it comes to comparing the American criminal justice system with the Norwegian criminal justice system. The country of Norway has many similarities and differences when comparing their correctional systems to that of the United States. The correctional systems that are implemented int he United States and Norway are similar an different when it comes to the comparison of their juvenile and adult systems within each country.
The. United States of Americas correctional sys em is known for one thing the fact that they have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world along with one of the highest recidivism rated to go along with the incarceration rate. Although, …show more content…
However, there are times where certain crimes need to have an applicable punishment phase because if certain crimes like murder are just bypassed, then it would give the impression that the system is not doing what it is set up to do. When society wants to emphasize what they think the system should accomplish, what society wants is usually not what the system will ultimately decide. Society thinks that if someone does something bad, he or she should be put in prison, but where the system comes into play, everyone has at least somewhat of a second chance to redeem themselves unless it is the tenth time. After so many of the same or similar crimes are committed, something else will need to be …show more content…
Overcrowding is when there are more/people within prison that was bouillon for a certain number but has above the certain number within its walls. For example, In Texas Overcrowding was all too common with more inmates than the Texas prison system could possible hold “until in 1987 when the Texas prison system was forced to temporarily close its doors to new inmates for exceeding the new population limits (Ethridge and Marquart, 1993). The problem was that there was not anything that could hold those who committed minor crimes where they could essentially do their time and be released. The Texas prison system needed to find a way to take the burden of overcrowding off the prison system to where they could potentially keep those who committed the minor crimes out of the prisons. “In 1993, the Texas Legislature approved a billion-dollar plan to build a “state jail” system for low-level offenders, “essentially adding a new layer” of prisons to a system already experiencing huge growth (Campbell, 2012: 298; Moll, 2012). Although thought the years after the state jails where put into effect it took the edge from overcrowding, but as time goes the issue of overcrowding has started once again to where now overcrowding is just another reason to keep building prisons to where they will eventually fill up and become
The. United States of Americas correctional sys em is known for one thing the fact that they have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world along with one of the highest recidivism rated to go along with the incarceration rate. Although, …show more content…
However, there are times where certain crimes need to have an applicable punishment phase because if certain crimes like murder are just bypassed, then it would give the impression that the system is not doing what it is set up to do. When society wants to emphasize what they think the system should accomplish, what society wants is usually not what the system will ultimately decide. Society thinks that if someone does something bad, he or she should be put in prison, but where the system comes into play, everyone has at least somewhat of a second chance to redeem themselves unless it is the tenth time. After so many of the same or similar crimes are committed, something else will need to be …show more content…
Overcrowding is when there are more/people within prison that was bouillon for a certain number but has above the certain number within its walls. For example, In Texas Overcrowding was all too common with more inmates than the Texas prison system could possible hold “until in 1987 when the Texas prison system was forced to temporarily close its doors to new inmates for exceeding the new population limits (Ethridge and Marquart, 1993). The problem was that there was not anything that could hold those who committed minor crimes where they could essentially do their time and be released. The Texas prison system needed to find a way to take the burden of overcrowding off the prison system to where they could potentially keep those who committed the minor crimes out of the prisons. “In 1993, the Texas Legislature approved a billion-dollar plan to build a “state jail” system for low-level offenders, “essentially adding a new layer” of prisons to a system already experiencing huge growth (Campbell, 2012: 298; Moll, 2012). Although thought the years after the state jails where put into effect it took the edge from overcrowding, but as time goes the issue of overcrowding has started once again to where now overcrowding is just another reason to keep building prisons to where they will eventually fill up and become