Mandatory sentencing

Grade D Assignment Belief, such a strong word to describe ones self-perception. Belief to me is structuring one’s own perception to seek accuracy for self understanding, but one’s beliefs system is learned. A person’s belief system is learned because for me, I would not believe in what I believe in if it wasn 't for the social and cultural environment I was raised upon. The social and cultural environment shapes my perspective on how I view what is right from wrong, how I see what normal and…

The ethics of the law enforcement community dictates a portion of the social scene in the community of which it serves. The officer’s efforts and attitudes can make a community feel safe and secure or terrified on multiple levels. All law enforcement must have a strong moral leader. With an educated and moral leader, all of that person’s staff will mimic their commanding officer. There are many ways and options that need to be factored into what makes a good and honest commanding officer. This…

The future of corrections is going to be impacted from everything from the national economy to the aging prison population. In this paper we will be covering the economic impact of corrections and how it will decided the course of corrections in the future. We shall also look into the aging population of prisons and the overcrowding based on this phenomenon. A look into the prison population as a whole as well as the community based corrections such as probation. The U.S. corrections system…

solely on drug crimes.”(Nakdai, 2001, p.558-559). Those charged even with the lower Class C, D, or E felonies were mandated to receive prison time. The length of prison time varied depending on the weight and type of drug for the felony charge. With mandatory imprisonment for all drug charges, judges had no discretion to recommend probation or…

Abstract Introduction Is it cruel to sentence a minor to death? Is it right to end the life of a juvenile so early with no chance to rehabilitate and change into a better person? What about sentencing them to life without the chance of parole? Never getting the chance to be rehabilitated to more mature people. In the early days of the justice system, juveniles were treated no different from adults and were sentenced to the same punishments. Over…

So you were called in for jury duty, this man has been charged with killing a family of four because he was obsessed with the housewife. His sentence can reach to death. As you think to yourself “no-one should endure capital punishment”, the attorney lists off his offenses. Stalking the family for about 6 months, they found countless of pictures of the family. He recorded what days they go to work or school and what times they usually come home. He was even contemplating on whether he should…

restitution approach to deviant acts. For many years the United States approach on crime has been a get tough approach. This approach has led America to the highest incarnation rates in the world. Due to longer sentences, incorporating harsh sentencing guidelines, and mandatory minimum punishments. Today, more than 2 millions Americans are incarcerated in either a state facility, federal correctional facility, or a local facility. With each inmate costing tax payers an average of $30,000…

because their rapist never had any sort of punishment. However, if a rapist is sentenced to life in prison or death, the victim can rest knowing their abuser will never be able to lay hands on her or another woman again. And, if the rapist is ordered mandatory castration, maybe the victim will be able to sleep again knowing their rapist will feel the same pain he inflicted upon them. In the United States, men whom commit the unlawful act of rape are only assigned a maximum sentence of 20 years…

The nonmedical use of opiates (mostly morphine and heroin) and cocaine was prohibited in 1914 at the federal level, and by the 1930s marijuana use was prohibited as well. (Nicholas & Churchill 2012) In 1951, the U.S. Congress established harsh mandatory minimum sentences for distribution and possession of marijuana and heroin in the Boggs Act, which mandated 2 to 5-year prison terms for first time drug offenders. This presupposed that cannabis and heroin were equivalent in the harms done by each…

Female criminals have been around long before the thought of a prison system even became into notion. Although according to today’s statistics they have a lower arrest rate, female crimes are increasing faster than male crimes (Steffensmeier & Allan, 2002). The United States has a specific prison system designed for these women. Up until this point of time, females were house with male inmates and left to fend for themselves. They were eith in close confinement with males or were put into one…