Compare and contrast the various philosophical underpinnings associated with sentencing and the administration of offender supervision within the community.
What will be an ideal response?
Classical criminology, in addition to proportionality, emphasized that punishments
must be useful, purposeful, and reasonable. Classical criminology presumes that
offenders can (and do) learn from their transgressions through a variety of
reinforcement and punishment schedules that institutional and community-based
corrections may provide. Reality Therapy is one of the most practical theoretical
approaches to offender reintegration and treatment would be the use of reality therapy.
It is based on the notion that all persons have two specific psychological needs: (1) the
need to belong and (2) the need for self-worth and recognition. Operant Conditioning is
based on the notion that certain environmental consequences occur that strengthen the
likelihood of a given behavior and that other consequences tend to lessen the likelihood
that a given behavior is repeated.
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Discuss the approaches taken by police when addressing individuals with mental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
The "Necessary and Proper Clause" of the United States Constitution grants Congress the power to:
A) make criminal laws. B) impose general police powers. C) regulate commerce between the states. D) exercise legislative authority over the District of Columbia and federal territories.
The University of Texas at Austin maintains the Actual Innocence Awareness Database that contains information on the subject of wrongful convictions, including some of the reasons for them
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In China the Ministry of Public Security is responsible for the police, while the correctional system is under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Justice
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