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In Jeff Jacoby's essay "Bring Back Flogging," he argues against the American public's acceptance of the current state of the criminal justice system by comparing its consequences to an alternative method of flogging. By employing irony throughout the whole essay, he builds up his argument to defend a seemingly outdated method of punishment—flogging—over imprisonment, encouraging the audience to find a reasonable solution to the violence and ineffectiveness of prisons. Jacoby's unfavorable word…

passing through, it’s difficult for officers to learn about them (Pollock, 2017). Jails pose a higher potential for smuggling and the inmates are under a large amount of stress when they enter the facility (Pollock, 2017). According to Pollock, “Jail officers deal with individuals who are experiencing despair and anxiety over the legal issues and must be constantly alert to the possibility of suicide” (Pollock, 2017, p. 383). It can also be hard for jail officers to handle jail…

Moore looks back on his first film, Roger & Me, about the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's decision to close several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Moore tries to go into the General Motors head office in Detroit to speak to the Chairman but was denied access. Due to this, he feels as the many times he tried they never allowed him access. He says its “about time” someone let him in and that he has good ideas. He then moves on to talk about President…

Public policy in criminal justice is highly important. The three perspectives that highlight the importance are the theoretical perspective, political perspective and the practical perspective. Each of these perspectives not only provide a standpoint why criminal justice public policy is not only crucial, but also a vital part in the field of study. Educating others on how crime policy is made, proposing alternative policies to lawmakers, and evaluating both past and future results are a vital…

Far too many Americans are stuck behind bars. There are currently five times as many people incarcerated now than there were in 1970.The war on drug got out of control, meaning that many nonviolent people wound up in prison. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws led to a throw-away the key culture,with long,cruel and pointless destructive prison times.That has cause our prisons to be overcrowded. “Lots of people are having their life destroy, not because they have to,but because we have chosen to…

Prison overcrowding is one of the key contributing factors to poor prison conditions around the world (Williams and Arrigo, 2012). It is arguably the biggest single problem facing the prison systems. The consequences can be life-threatening at worst and at best when preventing prisons from fulfilling their proper function. Data from 2016, suggested that the number of prisoners exceeded official prison capacity in at least 115 countries (Lawaspect, 2018). On the other hand, 51 countries had a…

Prisons all over the country are starting to feel the pressure now more than ever. Why? Primarily, because prisons are becoming overcrowded with inmates. Many of whom are people of color. This is happening primarily because of the profit many corporations gain from high incarceration rates. The prison-industrial complex incorporates this notion that politicians' "tough on crime" ideology is simply racially profiling and targeting people of color and throwing them in prison for long sentences.…

More than two million people are serving time behind bars. This is just the numbers for the US, our country holds 40% of the total prison population, considering the fact that U.S. doesn’t have the largest population. It’s a very alarming situation because this number is increasing every year, so many families are being affected by this. There hasn’t been any major improvement in the federal prison reform, even though there are so many politicians who claim to be very hard towards crime. The…

Yes, I’ve read the and understood the syllabus, and the course announcement and the understanding of both grading rubric and all the attachments in the course material, but I did not see word count for the completion of the all the assignments. Hi, my name is Tamala. I’m a mother of one child and a wife of four years. I’m currently working as a medical coordinator at a children’s hospital I have being in the medical field for more than 10 years, but always had a passion for criminal justice,…

When people hear the word penitentiary they automatically think prison, but there is a difference in the two institutions. Penitentiary was a deep and place criminal went as a form of punishment for a crime someone committed. A penitentiary was considered secular and spiritual. It was a place of human punishment instead of physical punishments that was used in other societies. A penitentiary was an idea, or set of principles, opposed to an actual physical institution with shape and form. The…