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Goal and challenges of the justice model

The justice model of sentencing in criminal justice was proposed by one David Fogel as a method of sentencing convicts that would eliminate the disparity created by the unbridled judicial discretion in sentencing. The main goal of the model is to punish crime. It is intended to do away with the rehabilitative aspect of correctional services in that it looks at an adult who has committed the crime as someone who deserves the punishment rather than someone who is ‘sick.’ It reduces the judicial discretion that judges are given by ensuring that the range of years within which a court is ...

Comparing Punishment Theories

The four-day Attica prison uprising was known to be one of the bloodiest in American history. From September 9th to 13, 1971 inmates of Attica correctional facility took control of the prison and made several demands including a change on how prison guards should be treating the inmates. The event resulted to 39 deaths in a 15-minute assault after Nelson Rockefeller has ordered the State police to take over the situation (Kaba, 2011, p.5). This uprising is believed to be caused by the stories of abuse, torture and brutality among inmates by the prison guards. The effects of this incident became ...

Introduction

The court system in the United States of America is charged with responsibility of application and interpretation of the law. The United States operates a dual court system which has two lines of courts. They are the federal courts and the state courts. The federal courts take care of broader cases while the state courts handles only what goes on within the boundaries of the states. The federal courts and the state courts operate independently. The dual court system of the United States came out as a result of the delegates Constitutional Convention in 1787. During the convention, a compromise was reached ...

Currently, approximately close to 5 million citizens of the United States that represent close to 2 percent of the United States population is denied the right to vote because of felony conviction. Among all democratic nations, the U.S has the most limiting laws in this font amongst all major democracies in the world. Democratic nations such as New Zealand, Denmark Israel, South Africa, Finland among others give right of voting to felons upon completion of the sentence. In my view, denying the vote to ex-offenders is antidemocratic and compromising to the values of freedom and self-determination. Upon completing their ...