Penology

Essay #1: Analysis of Proclamations of The Hongwu Emperor In this week’s reading, the two proclamations written by Zhu Yuanzhang show the Ming Dynasty’s first emperor’s deep concerns regarding political and social problems in late fourteenth century. In the first part: An Imperial Edict Restraining Officials from Evil, the emperor criticized many government officers’ corruption phenomena as well as analyzed people’s psychological changes when committing crimes. In the second part: Dismissal of…

The group’s communication and interaction patterns are like how it may be in the prison from which they came from. You have an alpha person in the group. The members seem almost scare to speak about their feelings because they may appear to be weak. In the prison system, you are not allowing to show weakness. If they do, they will most likely get pick on. 2. The group cohesion is when Jim start to ask the ladies how they were doing. Even though some of the member was very apprehensive to…

In the article “Second Thought Of A ‘Hanging Judge’” David McCartin says “Rodney James Alcala, whom I sentenced to die more than 30 years ago… was again just sentenced last year for [5 more killings]” unfortunately since judge McCartin already sentence Alcala to death more than 30 years ago, the newly found victims families did not get to see Rodney get his justice.The death penalty cost these families their rights to find out who killed their victims, why they did it and see them be punished…

A policy that could be implemented by the Federal Government is Tonry’s Ten-Step Blueprint for Moving Past Mass Incarceration. Tonry’s proposed plan is to cut the rate of incarceration by 50% in all 50 states (Nagin, 2014). With this ambitus plan to reduce the prison population by half, some fear that this might have negative implications on the crime rate. His plan is to recreate the sentencing system so that incarceration becomes fair and just (Tonry, 2014). The first few steps of the…

The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont shares many stories about the innocent and the guilty people in one prison. The prisoners try to entertain themselves with mind tricks to lure in new prisoners and bets that involve contraband that some of the guards know about. Escape is one of the main and most important themes of the movie it is shown in many different forms by many of the characters such as Brooks, Red and Andy Dufresne. Escape is shown when Brooks is told that he is…

Criminal law is a system constructed to punish those who commit crimes such as personal, property, statutory infractions. Punishment is built-in the criminal justice system because it is intended to reduce and/or eliminate behavior that society deems unacceptable. Firstly, retribution is a rationale of punishment that fits the sayings "an eye for an eye." This technique works in favor for those seeking criminals to receive their "just desserts" as well as distinguish the justice systems…

I absolutely believe that it is possible to communicate and develop a rapport with prison gang members. Such a relationship could raise additional problems for the inmate, such as personal safety. There are benefits to forming such a relationship. Gang violence and crime according to the 2013 National Gang Threat Assessment report is on the rise. From 2011 results to the 2013 results, law enforcement saw a 5% increase in gang membership and violence, from 53% to 58%. Gang violence makes up a…

The political spectrum is a system used to help classify different political positions upon one or more geometric axes that symbolize independent political dimensions. Like most people I have to decide on which spot in the political spectrum I fall in. I would say that I fall in the liberal/moderate part in the political spectrum because in some situations I am willing to change and open to other people’s opinion to abandon traditional values, but in other situations I would prefer to be in the…

The Death Penalty is an undesirable last-resort punishment in our society. The constitution, Semon Frank Thompson, and Ernie Chambers All have similar evidence supporting these reasons. The Death Penalty is wrong because it causes moral, and constitutional and irreversible mistakes in society. The Death Penalty goes against the eighth amendment of the Constitution. The Constitution states,” Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments…

There are many differences in the psychological state of most active shooters, such as those at Columbine High School, and the tactical team members who confront them. However, one of the biggest differences would be that the psychological state of most active shooters troubled. They have emotional problems and might have an issue with mental illness. Therefore, “the attacker went to the location of the attack with one objective in mind, to kill as many people as possible” (Harmening, p. 83).…