Incarceration

There are many theories as to what leads to this outcome. Most chalk it up to a faulty prison system, however, some believe that it begins long before incarceration. No matter what the direct cause may be, there is a cause and there is a solution. The justice system just has to find it. The Facts: America has the highest recidivism rate in the world. It seems as though many western nations have higher rates…

who have higher propensities to crime may increase criminal behavior or reinforce antisocial attitudes (Chen & Shapiro, 2007). This is an important reason that first time offenders with non-violent history should be given community service not incarceration. The US prison population is made up of 35% of probation violators (Lawrence, 2008). The effect is non-violent offenders become educated by the long time offenders. Often time’s…

child’s social and mental health. Researchers hypothesize that exposure to neighborhoods with a high crime rate, poverty, and/or violence is more significant among children with incarcerated parents (Gabel & Shindledecker, 1993). I believe that the incarceration of a parent ultimately leads to, and could be instrumental…

unequal distribution of wealth and the lack of access to paid work. In this third edition the author does a quite memorable job as he documents the enormous growth in the number of prisoners in recent years by giving us a global perspective to incarceration and by comparing how unequal imprisonment rates between likely European countries are. He then particularly turns his attention to Russia and the US in chapters 6 and 7. According…

Rangatahi Courts Indigeneity has also been attempted to be recognised through Rangatahi Courts, which emerged after the judiciary acknowledged the overrepresentation of Maori youth in the criminal justice system (Dickson, 2011). Rangatahi courts monitor family group conferences which engage in sentencing. They support retaining Maori identity which is critical to avoid harm and poverty (Jackson, 1988). Yet, the same concerns of being tokenistic in nature are present, as though the process is…

Part five of the book, “Random Family” is titled, “Breaking Out.” The author provides an accurate depiction of the hardships people endure in deprived communities as well as acknowledging their personal gifts. This chapter illustrates the characters ' ability to conform to the conventional social norms of society. Moreover, the section shows the positive growth within their temperament to the adversity that surrounds them on a daily basis. Throughout this chapter, author Adrian Nicole Leblanc…

There are more prisons than colleges in the United States. In the south, there are more people living in prison than on college campuses. How can this be? The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 707 adults per every 100,000 residents. To compare, the average rate is 100 adults per every 100,000 residents. (Ingraham) The number of the incarcerated is not stopping either. According to a 2012 Vera Institute of Justice study, within the last 4 decades the number…

“Mental Health of Children with Incarcerated Parents” The United States has one of the biggest incarceration rates in the world. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics 2,22,300 adults were incarcerated in 2013, which is nearly 1 in 110 U.S resident population. In Illinois there were 47,483 inmates since 2015. (BJS) With incarceration you are bound to break up families. These families are affected in social, emotional, and economical ways. In specific, the children of the families with…

A majority of studies had sample sizes that were too small on the whole and additional studies had larger sizes, but were not large enough considering the transient nature of incarceration settings and the lack of structure allow all participants to attend every session. For example, Daveson & Edwards (2001) had just 7 participants in their study, while Gold et al. (2014) had 113, but lost many participants throughout the course…

With the U.S. having the highest incarceration rates in the world, Americans are slowly inching towards realizing the effects of this and beginning to think about prison reform. Before any solid, concrete change is to occur, we need to be able to look at the different aspects of the criminal justice system which affects every single person in this country. We must be able to look at what leads up to someone being incarcerated (early life, family ties, social position), the legal proceedings and…