CRJ301: Criminal Sentencing Juvenile Justice (professor)
This assignment explores criminal sentencing practices and juvenile justice policies.
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Criminal Sentencing 1
Running head: CRIMINAL SENTENCING
Criminal Sentencing
Sandy Diaz
CRJ301: Juvenile Justice (professor)
Instructor: Dianne Williams
April 29, 2012
In your analysis of criminal sentencing, you discuss various forms of punishment, such as
retribution, incapacitation, and deterrence. Based on the theories presented in the essay, how
effective do you believe the current criminal sentencing practices in the United States are in
achieving the goals of crime prevention, deterrence, and rehabilitation? Additionally, provide a
critical evaluation of whether alternatives to incarceration, such as restorative justice programs,
could be more effective in reducing recidivism and improving societal outcomes.
Word Count Requirement: 600-800 words
Running head: CRIMINAL SENTENCING
Criminal Sentencing
Sandy Diaz
CRJ301: Juvenile Justice (professor)
Instructor: Dianne Williams
April 29, 2012
In your analysis of criminal sentencing, you discuss various forms of punishment, such as
retribution, incapacitation, and deterrence. Based on the theories presented in the essay, how
effective do you believe the current criminal sentencing practices in the United States are in
achieving the goals of crime prevention, deterrence, and rehabilitation? Additionally, provide a
critical evaluation of whether alternatives to incarceration, such as restorative justice programs,
could be more effective in reducing recidivism and improving societal outcomes.
Word Count Requirement: 600-800 words
Criminal Sentencing 2
Abstract
Criminal sentencing is intended as prevention to future criminality as well as protecting the
public and preserving the established values of society. Currently, the main emphasis of criminal
sentencing in the United States is that criminals must receive punishments proportionate with the
gravity of their offenses. Yet there is little indication that suggests changes in criminal behaviour
as an outcome of government-imposed criminal sentencing as numerous past probationers and
discharged prisoners constantly perpetrate crimes.
Criminal Sentencing
Introduction
Where there is malicious intent or unjustifiable disregard for safety, a corresponding
punishment therefore is justifiable. A judge may sentence a person found guilty of a crime to
capital punishment, intermediate sanctions, probation, fines, or imprisonment; and along with the
judge’s assumption of the specific criminal sentence is the idea that the punishment is useful.
However, most sentences in the contemporary societies involve incarceration. The principal
intention of criminal sentencing is to punish the lawbreaker. Although rehabilitation is an aspired
goal of criminal sentencing, it is only secondary to the purpose of punishment.
Currently, the United States, as compared to other countries, has the highest percentage
of citizen imprisonment. Among the leading industrialized countries, the murder rate of the
United States is 3.5 times higher than the second place Italy (Fauteck, n.d.). Moreover, the
majority of persons discharged from incarceration in the country are expected to be convicted of
another crime within five years (Fauteck, n.d.). Despite the relentless problem, the country is
unmoving that appropriate sentencing practice, laws and regulations of correctional programs,
Abstract
Criminal sentencing is intended as prevention to future criminality as well as protecting the
public and preserving the established values of society. Currently, the main emphasis of criminal
sentencing in the United States is that criminals must receive punishments proportionate with the
gravity of their offenses. Yet there is little indication that suggests changes in criminal behaviour
as an outcome of government-imposed criminal sentencing as numerous past probationers and
discharged prisoners constantly perpetrate crimes.
Criminal Sentencing
Introduction
Where there is malicious intent or unjustifiable disregard for safety, a corresponding
punishment therefore is justifiable. A judge may sentence a person found guilty of a crime to
capital punishment, intermediate sanctions, probation, fines, or imprisonment; and along with the
judge’s assumption of the specific criminal sentence is the idea that the punishment is useful.
However, most sentences in the contemporary societies involve incarceration. The principal
intention of criminal sentencing is to punish the lawbreaker. Although rehabilitation is an aspired
goal of criminal sentencing, it is only secondary to the purpose of punishment.
Currently, the United States, as compared to other countries, has the highest percentage
of citizen imprisonment. Among the leading industrialized countries, the murder rate of the
United States is 3.5 times higher than the second place Italy (Fauteck, n.d.). Moreover, the
majority of persons discharged from incarceration in the country are expected to be convicted of
another crime within five years (Fauteck, n.d.). Despite the relentless problem, the country is
unmoving that appropriate sentencing practice, laws and regulations of correctional programs,
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University
University of Nevada
Subject
Criminal Justice