Hence, putting the law back to the system might increase the high chances of a peaceful living atmosphere. However, death penalty is known to be unusual punishment, because it is harsh to an individual who might be falsely convicted in the court (Redekop, 2008)
In most cases, retribution is seen as unpleasant infliction of emotional and at time physical pain to the wicked. The logical idea here is that, the guilty have to offer something to the person who is injured (Shoham, 2007)
As the number of inmates in the prison system increases, prisoner on prisoner sexual abuse is also on the rise. This may later bring about physical effects like contracting HIV / AIDS or psychological effects like losing ones self-esteem thereby increasing cases of violence (Oracle Education Foundation, 2012) Drug law propositions that could make a positive mark in correction centers is making the drug issue a public health problem rather than a criminal justice problem; this should be done in such away that use of drugs should be decriminalized and treated as the health issue its supposed to be
Construction cost per bed ranged from $25,000 to $50,000. This meant that tax payers had to part with $5 billion construction bill for 800 local state and central institutions (Fangmeier A
Not all offenders are willing to transform; therefore, prisons become part of a restorative justice system to such. (Lozoff Bo, 2012) Housing for inmates is also a matter that should be delved into such that the older and more experienced prisoners should not be mixed with young offenders since the older ones prey on the younger ones since this gives the older ones the opportunity to register the young ones into criminal jail gangs
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¶ … industrialized nation in the world has a higher percentage of its population residing in its prison than the United States (Liptak)
So far the courts have determined that such transfer can be legally done but there remain a number of additional legal issues that may eventually alter the positions of the courts. It also remains at issue how the courts may ultimately treat any potential inmate civil rights claims (Morris)
Because private firms are not bound by burdensome government regulation and compliance they are capable to construct new correction facilities much faster and they are able to obtain the necessary financing without having to wait for legislative approval or the issuing of bonds. Advocates of correction privatization also argue that not only is it less expense and more efficient for them to construct correction facilities they also argue that they can operate such facilities less expensively once the facilities are constructed (Nicholson-Crotty)
This combination has spurred conversation relative to how to address both issues and one of the methods suggested is the possible privatization of the corrections system. The advantages and disadvantages of privatization have been debated for years and many view privatization as new and unique method for managing the corrections system; however, privatization has a long history in the United States (Perrone)
Unlike governments, private firms are organized for the primary purpose of generating profits. This profit factor creates a whole realm of concerns (Welch)
Private management of prisons has been attempted at several points in America's history but was actually abandoned during the early years of the twentieth century. One of the primary reasons for its being abandoned was the Convict Leasing System that was used in several Southern states during years following the Civil War (White)
The reasons for and procedures of juvenile courts have become very comparable to adult criminal courts. No state keeps a sacred, legal difference between the rank of juvenile and adult, and the age minimum for trial in adult court seems to fall every time a new incident of juvenile violence captures the nation's attention (Butts and Harrell, 2009)
Proponents of privatized prisons have often painted a rosy picture of such an initiative. For instance, it has been noted that in comparison to state facilities, privatized prisons tend to be more responsive, creative and flexible (Stinchcomb 2011)
There has to be more to it than money that attracts an individual to corrections and that person needs to be clear about what that is and whether or not it is enough to sustain them through the rough times. "Each guard is far outnumbered by prisoners and the need to coexist for months and years with prisoners places a premium on maturity, leadership, self-confidence, judgment, and effective interpersonal relations" (Jacobs, 1983)
. that the realm of obscenity does not include those objects and practices that have literary, artistic, political or scientific value" (Kidd, 2003, p
The Roth Court also held that these guidelines would be based on how an "average person" instead of "the most impressionable person" would react to them, which was an important change from the previous and stricter legal definition provided in Regina v. Hicklin (Rigney, 2003, p
Corrections/Police - Miscellaneous: "What Constitutes Obscenity?" What Constitutes Obscenity? Americans despise obscenity by and large, but they have always had a problem with identifying just what was obscene and why. Indeed, the legal history historically failed to even provide a working definition for obscenity until constitutionally recent times (Saunders, 1996)
Notwithstanding the recent trend that make it easier for juvenile offenders to be transferred into adults courts, the transfer of scores of nonviolent juvenile offenders to criminal court receive encouragement from inadequate and unclear principles for relocation decisions in some jurisdictions. Juvenile officials employ no established formal strategies to direct transfer decisions, but they depend on informal guiding principles to control waiver decisions passed by attorneys under their command (Elrod & Ryder 2011, p
Over thirty percent of children arrested are female. For instance, in 2003, the number of girls less than eighteen years arrested was 643,000, and the number of girls arrested between 1994 and 2003 was higher than that of boys (Roberts & Springer 2007, p