The Pros And Cons Of Reduce Crime

This article is entitled “Experts say longer sentences don’t reduce crime”, and it was published by the Tennessean on October 19, 2015. The article discusses how the opinions concerning harsher sentences will deter criminals, is actually a misconception. In fact, this article discusses how crime rates in states are correlated with lower prison populations. This article relates these lower prison populations with shorter sentences. Topics like this are important to those in the field of corrections because the policies in place are seemingly ineffective. Obviously, there are some within the corrections field who are aware that these longer sentences do not actually deter criminals from crime. It becomes the responsibility of correctional professionals to continue to educate others about the ineffectiveness of these policies. Perhaps the policy makers are educated about it but refuse to change the policies because of the connections with private prisons and lower sentence times could influence the business factor of the prison system. This is a problem however so more still must be done to ensure that sentencing policies are not being impacted due to companies involved in prisons. This article relates to information learned and discussed in class because we have learned that longer sentences have …show more content…
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