The retributive theory looks back to the crime and punishes because of the crime. ... Although, there are two main advantages to desert based punishment. ... When a specific crime is on the increase or attracted much publicity, then exemplary sentences may be imposed to attempt to prevent that particular crime. ... They will go on committing crimes as long as they are able to do so. ... Thus, not only can it be seen as punishing the offender for past crimes, but it seeks to punish for crimes yet to be committed. ...

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The early colonists did not perceive crime to be a social problem; instead, they considered crime to be "a predictable consequence of a fallen world and active forces of the devil." ... For example, an offense against God was considered to be a crime against society, and a crime against society was considered to be an offense against God. ... Although I do not have anything against religion, it was quite disturbing to feel that people like me, who do not believe in God, would have been punished based on their religious views. ... Rather, I was and still am in favor of classical school of thou...

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Currently, 38 states enact capital punishment in response to the most "heinous of crimes". In previous years, the American public based their views strictly on the deterrent effects and cost effectiveness of the death penalty. ... In the early 1970's, the chief argument in favor of the death penalty was its assumed deterrence of crime. In theory, publicized executions should result in a lower number of homicides, therefore serving as a deterrent to crime. ... it for the most heinous crimes, are also the most prone to flawed verdicts." ...

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The juveniles that are sent to these detention centers are mostly first time crime committers so they should be given the chance of rehabilitation. There might be some mistakes in which the juvenile was following their friends because of peer pressure and have been arrested without the consequences of the crime. Many situations come where the juvenile justice system should consider community based treatment like rehabilitation for the juveniles but instead the justice system would just incarcerate the juvenile. ... Community based rehabilitation are to be provided if available and if the juven...

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Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. ... It is obvious that dead criminals can not commit any further crimes, either within prison or after being released from it. ... It is believed that fear of execution discourages people from committing crimes. ... Historically, many people have been wrongfully executed for crimes that they did not commit. ...

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The answer seems to be the violation of human rights and the crimes that are occurring in penitentiaries without being reported or resolved. ... Of all the crimes mentioned, the most serious one in prisons is male rape. ... Rape crime inevitably leads to another problem: GANGS. ... The solution to the problem is to provide sufficient funding to the community-based mental health system so that people can be helped before they become part of the prison system. ...

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Furthermore, another issue is how death penalty supporters have `backed their position stating how it stops criminals from committing future crimes. ... Therefore the based belief that instating the death penalty in a society to make criminal's fear the law is an old-fashioned mentality. ... Even though the majority of convicted criminals did indeed commit the crimes, no judicial system is close to perfect to determine it. ...

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Minor crimes are now ruining the lives of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of African Americans. ... Disenfranchisement, which according to dictionary.com is the term used for prohibiting voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony, were laws that took away many rights of the people. ... Most of the Whites that are going to jail for these crimes either are of lower or lower middle class, and live in poor neighborhoods which mostly consist of African Americans. (89) This clearly shows the racism that is still going on in today's society, and has been turned ...

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Our justice system is built on the foundation that prisons are meant to be the facilities that carry out the punishment of crimes, to further protect society, and if possible rehabilitation. ... The Monroe Correctional Complex located in Monroe, Washington, is the home of three special programs aimed at helping its special offender population in hopes of reducing the recidivism rates for the same crime. ... All 3 programs are specifically based on rehabilitating each inmate and offering their services to break the cycle of them committing the same crimes and return to prison. ...

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When it comes down to it the death penalty does not single out the worst offenders, but instead it selects an arbitrary group based on unwarranted factors such as quality of defense counsel, the sate in which the crime was committed, or the race of the defendant. ... It is unjust that someone in one state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits an analogous crime in another state they are given a life sentence. ... A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ... Through these students and the false testimony ...

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Society's problem with prisoners and the recidivism rate had intrigued me in my sophomore year at Pace University, when it was one of the topics of study in a class I had taken called Crime and Public Policy. ... Reentry courts, that are designed for offenders who are about to be released, will set goals for a reintegration plan based on an offender's individual needs starting at the sentencing stage all the way through post-release. ...

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The primary question that will determine the direction of this research paper is: What are the political, social, and economic implications of basing the operation of a prison on a purely profit motivation? ... In the 1996 Immigration Reform Act, Congress widely expanded the list of crimes for which a noncitizen must be deported after serving his or her sentence. These crimes, called "aggravated felonies," are now defined to include many offenses that are neither aggravated nor even, in many other jurisdictions, felonies. This has fueled an all-out campaign to find crime-committing immigrants ...

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Other prisoners offer faith-based rehabilitation programs, using faith and religion to encourage prisoners to change their lifestyles towards a moral existence (Langford, 2011). ... Although prisoner rehabilitation does not guarantee the release of an inmate or that they will live the rest of their lives without committing another crime, the idea is that the inmate will use these new found mental and physical skills combined with the desire not to go back to prison as an incentive. ... The purpose of the OCP is to identify innovative, evidence-based programming for offenders, and strengthening...

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