Corrections

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…

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…

Of importance is the core prosecutions unit, the National Prosecutions Service (NPS). The NPS is mainly responsible for general prosecutions and the appeals that might follow, inclusive of the resolution of criminal matters outside of the formal trial process through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, determination of admissions of guilt for minor offences and the consideration of dockets brought by the police where persons have not been formally charged (National Prosecuting Authority,…

In the poem “One is One” by Marie Ponsot says that “jailers are prisoners’ prisoners too” which means that the jailers are the prisoner of the prisoners. I personally agree to Marie Ponsot quote “jailers are prisoners’ prisoners too” because Jailers are obligated to keep the prisoners in check and order, they are entitled with a set of rules and routine which is followed not only by the guards but inmates as well. The two components are brought together as a connected unit, prisoners and jailers…

In today’s society most people look down on the prison culture. They view prison as a place filled with corruption, drugs, sex, and pop culture likes to follow this trend. As a result, people were unable to see the good that can come out from prison culture and how not everyone is as horrific as they at times can be be portrayed. In the book From the Big House to Your House, readers are able to dive into the minds of six women who all found happiness through cultivating food. These women created…

Although it may seem unbelievable, the population of female inmates in the United States continues to increase while the population of male inmates is on a slow decline. According to Glaze (2009), there has been a profound change in the involvement of women within the criminal justice system over the past quarter century. “Between 1980 and 2014, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 700%” (Carson, 2015). There are many philosophies that attempt to explain this increase. One of…