Prison sexuality

Sharon’s drug addiction began at the age of 22. She started drinking alcohol at parties, not thinking of its future consequences. Drugs soon replaced the alcohol and began using marijuana. She thought it of no harm to her because she did not consider it a “hard” drug like cocaine or morphine. Although she swore to herself to never use such drugs, Sharon soon started using crack cocaine to deal with her personal and family problems. To fund her drug addiction, she worked as a prostitute and a…

When we are talking about the changes in incarceration rates there are many aspects that need to be covered. First, when looking back on last week’s literature, we learned a tremendous amount of knowledge that showed us that the early twentieth century and throughout the mid twentieth century; we saw more push towards rehabilitation. We also saw a push for the more political aspect involved in criminal justice to be not necessarily eliminated, but scaled down. There was a use of professionals in…

give a murderer life in prison without parole, instead of the death penalty (Slow Death of the Death Penalty). However, as shown multiple times, “the death penalty acts as the ultimate retribution for the victim and his or her family and friends. In addition to being a retributive institution, capital punishment acts as a deterrence measure” (Gibson). Also, contrary to what many critics say about the death penalty as opposed to long prison terms, the evidence shows that as prison terms increase,…

recidivism rate to the increasing population of american prisons Our justice system continues to prove that it needs change. “If you want total security, go to prison. There you 're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote is not only a perfect representation of our current justice system but it also perfectly depicts how the intentions behind prisons have backfired. Prisons are becoming long term hotels for people…

One thing that everyone can agree on is that people tend to disagree with each other. The disagreement was very common in the past and is just as prevalent in today 's society. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is one of those topics that raises eyebrows and may cause a lot of controversy and disagreement. The reason for this is when discussing whether a person should live or die based on a decision that they made, the morality of the person arguing comes into play. Morality…

his speech to the NAACP Obama argues several points surrounding the nation’s inequities and short comings when it comes to its justice system. Obama is particularly concerned with the number of colored community members who sitting in overcrowded prisons. Obama begins to dissect this issue by taking a look at the statistics from the last thirty years which show a dramatic increase in the number of people incarcerated, and of those prisoners that belong to the Latino and African American race.…

criminal is considered mentally ill and needs to be cured. Before the Progressive Movement after World War II, there were efforts made to change how the correctional policies and procedures were played out. Sadly, most often the actual design of a prison was based off of budgetary concern rather than actual sound penal theory. During the early twentieth century guards were not trained, and basked in the use of their unlimited authority. For instance, even though the Elmira Reformatory was…

“If you were sentenced to five years in prison, but had the option of receiving lashes instead, what would you choose?” Writer and former police officer Peter Moskos thinks that most people would opt to receive ten lashes rather than spend five years in prison. This proposition from Moskos is the basis of his 2011 book ‘In Defense of Flogging,’ wherein he suggests corporal punishment as an alternative to incarceration. When a crime is committed, society expects an appropriate punishment to be…

Scholarly research has demonstrated the many correctional treatment programs have effectively reduced recidivism rates (Cullen & Gendreau, 2000). Although the concepts of rehabilitation and correctional treatment were dominant throughout the majority of the twentieth century, they have been subject to much debate and criticism. Such controversy can be seen when examining the three different shifts in thinking about offenders and how such views have influenced correctional treatment models. In…

Butler provides relevant arguments such as the racism in court, specifically the way white jurors are more likely to agree with a white person’s testimony as opposed to a black person’s. His opinion concerning the alarming rate of youth entering prison before the age of thirty is something we should look at in more depth. With all these positive changes he is trying to make for nonviolent criminals, he seems too prejudice towards African Americans and not willing to give Caucasians the same…