Penal system in the United States

another person who takes his place, thus maintaining the crime rate. This is often true for drug-related crimes as well as crimes committed by young men in groups (Austin, 2009 ). Overall, the data on the United States crime rates trends show that there is no consistent relationship. Changes in penal practices are not a direct indication of increases in crime rate. Ultimately, the increasing rates of crime cannot explain the increasing rate of incarceration, but there is evidence that it has…

restorative justice to play a lead role in its approach to conflict resolution. Through an exploration of the current justice system used by most schools in the Ontario Public School system, and analysis of examples that show restorative justice is successful in learning environments, as well as opportunities for restorative justice to be incorporated into the Ontario School System, it is evident that the Provincial Ministry of Education should be making more of an effort to incorporate…

industry. It is estimated, by the United Nations, that 2.5 million people a year are deprived of their human rights and freedoms (Nnadi, 2013). Government recognition of this growing challenge plays a key role in the reduction of sex trafficking. Enacting appropriate legislation, making policy formulations, and supporting other measures are responses by the government intended to decrease the inhumane practice of trafficking. These responses include the Criminal and Penal Codes, the Trafficking…

Jojo Baker Professor Tullo Enc 1102 9 September 2014 The Truth Behind Bars A new show has become the latest craze because of the shocking subject matter; the tumultuous lives of female prison inmates. Orange Is the New Black is the name of this gripping new television drama series, only available on Netflix, and it is about a young woman named Piper Chapman. She was put into jail for fifteen months because she was an accomplice with her former girlfriend, Alex Vause who was an international…

The dehumanizing aspect of institutionalization. To end such prevalent problem throughout prisons in the United States, I would first implement and extend the police policy of requiring the use of guard body cameras, which they must wear at all times. This medium will deter sexual misconduct as well as serve as surveillance for many other issues within prisons…

On the contrary, another viewpoints of consequentialism which is the rule utilitarianism, concentrate on the consequence of the rule of an action (Hamilton, 2002). Vary from the act utilitarianism, rule utilitarianism will see on the rule of an action to interpret whether it is moral or not. The Principle of Utility is still be used yet this time it is used to justify the rule of an action. A rule is right to the extent that it increases the total happiness of the influenced parties (Hamilton,…

environment, society and economy (Lisse, 2014).” The fundamental premise behind sustainable tourism is that the tourism activities respect the locals who call that place home, their culture as well as their custom, and as well as the socioeconomic system. While often confused with eco-tourism, it is not eco-tourism, while; eco-tourism is only a sub-set of sustainable tourism. Ecotourism focuses on minimize impact and maximize protection of all resources, including energy and water. However,…

Martin Luther King Jr once said “True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of Justice” (*****). In layman terms, the concept of justice is really the concept of balance and the glue that holds society together (****2). It is the idea of people getting what is right, fair, and appropriate based on their actions. It drives proper behaviors by upholding the righteous and punishing what is wrong and evil. Justice holds all men accountable to one another to perform their…

allowed to refuse any treatment they want to, but they are not allowed to request treatments that are seemed unnecessary. They are not allowed to request physician-assisted suicide in most states. The only current states that allow physician-assisted suicide are Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Vermont. These states are where people may go and die by a physician's hands if they feel like they want to end their suffering of their terminal illness. An argument for physician-assisted suicide from…

In the past 5 years in Canada, there have been 2, 730 homicide offences. Now, just imagine 2,730 corpses all lying in a giant pile. The colour being drained from their skin, their body rotting from the inside out, their chance to keep living gone-- because someone else had the audacity to take away that precious life. To murder someone should never be justified and the best solution to this crime is capital punishment. A life for a life, as simple as that. The definition of capital punishment is…