Comparing The State And Federal Objectives Of Sentencing
Sentencing Paper
Rachel Urban
CJA/234
February 25th, 2015
Richard Gilbert
In this paper the topics that will be discussed will be what are the state and federal objectives of punishment? How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall? With support for that answer, what is the determinate and indeterminate sentencing? As well as which sentencing model that is felt the most appropriate? With an explanation as to why and examples will be provided. The state and federal objectives for punishment well they have three main goals, these being to punish the guilty, to protect the public and to rehabilitate the offender. Punishment is the most obvious goal of the correctional system, for the guilty …show more content…
It is however a more complicated decision now, to either increase taxes or to reduce the correctional population, or whether to eliminate some of the services or the supervision that are used or needed to make up for the shortfalls. Since tax revenues are not unlimited, and the correctional budgets have increased at the expense of the other state agencies, the elected officials have put increasing demands on the corrections to assume a more proactive role in reducing the burden on the taxpayers. (Seiter, 2011, pg …show more content…
A majority of the states have done away with this because of the need to decrease the prison population. With this being said the indeterminate sentencing is the better model that is more appropriate for determining the release of inmates. Because even though there are valid reason for most states to turn to determinate sentencing, is also has many problems that come with it also. The main reasons that indeterminate sentencing should be used more are:
1. Determinate sentences, the inmates serve shorter sentences than they do with parole. But the parole boards consider the dangerousness of the offenders, so that they are not released before they should be. 2.
2. Without parole, then there are fewer ways in which to hold the inmates accountable for their misconduct and to make them head to discipline, so that they have to attempt at trying to have a good record before going in front of the parole board. 3.
3. Elimination of the parole may reduce discretionary release decisions, but prosecutorial discretion is only a substitute. This only cause the discretion that is exercised in private, and there is no review or public consideration of the use of plea
Rachel Urban
CJA/234
February 25th, 2015
Richard Gilbert
In this paper the topics that will be discussed will be what are the state and federal objectives of punishment? How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall? With support for that answer, what is the determinate and indeterminate sentencing? As well as which sentencing model that is felt the most appropriate? With an explanation as to why and examples will be provided. The state and federal objectives for punishment well they have three main goals, these being to punish the guilty, to protect the public and to rehabilitate the offender. Punishment is the most obvious goal of the correctional system, for the guilty …show more content…
It is however a more complicated decision now, to either increase taxes or to reduce the correctional population, or whether to eliminate some of the services or the supervision that are used or needed to make up for the shortfalls. Since tax revenues are not unlimited, and the correctional budgets have increased at the expense of the other state agencies, the elected officials have put increasing demands on the corrections to assume a more proactive role in reducing the burden on the taxpayers. (Seiter, 2011, pg …show more content…
A majority of the states have done away with this because of the need to decrease the prison population. With this being said the indeterminate sentencing is the better model that is more appropriate for determining the release of inmates. Because even though there are valid reason for most states to turn to determinate sentencing, is also has many problems that come with it also. The main reasons that indeterminate sentencing should be used more are:
1. Determinate sentences, the inmates serve shorter sentences than they do with parole. But the parole boards consider the dangerousness of the offenders, so that they are not released before they should be. 2.
2. Without parole, then there are fewer ways in which to hold the inmates accountable for their misconduct and to make them head to discipline, so that they have to attempt at trying to have a good record before going in front of the parole board. 3.
3. Elimination of the parole may reduce discretionary release decisions, but prosecutorial discretion is only a substitute. This only cause the discretion that is exercised in private, and there is no review or public consideration of the use of plea