Essays on penology

The paper "International Penology - Canadian Law" states that Finland's welfare democracy is wrought in the Scandinavian long tradition of being humane as opposed to greedy profiteering being espoused by capitalism; the slavery mentality that is premised on profiting by disenfranchising others.... The cost of politically gambling with the penal system in pursuit of an ideological goal will be cost too high to pay for the governments of these countries. Germany, for instance, has an incarceration...

This essay 'The Society of Captives: Penology' will be analyzing the arguments that are for and those that are against incapacitation from both a moral perspective and a political perspective. Penology refers to the theoretical and scientific study and practice of how crime is punished.... This paper will be discussing the arguments that are for and against its appropriation from the context of society and that of politic. There are two approaches in which incapacitation is analyzed; the forward-looking...

This essay "Prison Law and Penology" focuses on total institutions, in which every aspect of life is subject to control. In addition to daily routines such as mealtimes, times of rising and retiring, and bathing, many other aspects of the prisoner's life are subject to control. ... Prisoners are distributed among a variety of types of institutions. In the US, most prisoners serving longer sentences are held in state prisons, which are usually large maximum-security buildings holding more than 1,000...

Society has been continually beset by a great number of criminal offenses that it needs to manage, if not eradicate entirely. This immense burden encompasses numerous kinds and gravities of legal violations.... One very serious aspect and a growing concern for most government and judicial authorities, health practitioners, non-government agencies and the public in general is the rise of sex crimes. Next to substance abusers, sex criminals are the rapidly-increasing part of prison populations. ?Word...

This term paper "Sociology of Punishment and International Penology" focuses on different countries that follow diverse strategies to handle criminals convicted of criminal activities and dating back to ancient history capital punishment has been practiced in virtually every society.... Countries that have invested comparatively little in their state-based anti-crime policies are reaping the benefits of crime drops against considerably lower costs for the taxpayer. Governments are to rely more strongly...

The author discusses the impact of plea bargaining on trial justice and looks briefly at what plea bargaining is all about and when it is likely to be used. From the perspective of the offender plea bargaining can result in shorter sentences and lesser charges for the crimes they have committed ... With judicial plea bargaining, the judge will give an indication to the defendant of the punishment he is minded to award if the defendant pleads guilty. This gives the defendant the option to consider...

From the paper "Shift in the Criminal Justice System towards a Crime Control Model" it is clear that the introduction of the new Penology within the UK has also facilitated the newer management styles along with work practices in the country's prison systems.... The new Penology in the United Kingdom's first came about in the 1970's due to the neo-liberalism that was being experienced (Morgan & Morgan, 2008).... The new Penology has also been widely utilized in describing the movements that are currently being witnessed between the state and the individuals within the country (Simons, 2007)....

Thus, the primary goal of the criminal justice system was to assist the person through implementing a rehabilitative type of Penology.... Towards the turn of the century, however, a new Penology referred to as actuarial justice began to emerge and has been making an impact in the criminal justice systems of the Western world.... The most salient characteristic of this new Penology is the reliance on actuarial practices that have long underpinned the insurance and financial industries....

The government likewise proposed to construct a super Penology that will accommodate these prisoners.... Both the program and the project will likely impact on the present thousands of prisoners, the penal human resources, the Ministry of Justice, the sustainability of penal services (pending plan and actual construction) and the rest of the stakeholders of the Penology (Robinson, 2005, p.... construction of the super Penology first before conduct of actual closure to ascertain that there is proper transfer of reformatory site for criminals or prisoners) to ensure that there is clear financial resources that will support the changes sought and to have concrete project management structure as framework for both program and project implementation (Tittle, 1974, p....

This essay "Justice For Young Offenders" explains how restorative justice is a relatively contemporary model in Penology that has had quite a considerable level of acceptance in modern Penology, especially in North America, Europe, (Umbreit and Greenwood, 1998) Australia, and New Zealand.... It can however be said that no one paradigm of Penology holds the key to unraveling the solutions to crime and its prevention in society.... The noted benefits of restorative justice especially amongst young offenders should be maintained and supported to work in tandem with other conventional forms of Penology in the criminal justice system....

The paper "Crime and Punishment, Correctional System, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice System" highlights that Penology is a branch of criminology that is concerned with the punishments of different types of crimes.... In this paper, we will discuss different issues related to penologies, such as crime and punishment, correctional system, crime prevention and criminal justice system in order to get a deep understanding of Penology.... Penology by goes here] Presented to [your goes here] [your goes here] s [due the paper] Penology 1....

rrigo and Milovanovic (2013: p43) argues that there has been a fundamental shift in strategies of crime control over the latter part of the 20th century, leading to the decline of an old Penology at the expense of a new theory of Penology, in which crime is increasingly being addressed via risk management strategies that are grounded in actuarial techniques to minimize offending.... Whereas the old Penology theory mainly focused on the establishment of guilt and identification of the individual offender's appropriate treatment, new Penology theory accepts the widespread nature of crime....

Penology policies to counter this trend include reduction of transfers to adult criminal system by empowerment of juvenile courts to give adult sentences as well as supervise rehabilitation; and transfer of select chronic and very violent juvenile offenders to the criminal system (Redding 122).... The Penology policies must factor societal norms of the juveniles to ensure that they are not very punitive to the detriment of the success of the courts....

Sex offenders, irrefutably, who are considered a looming threat to communities, Paradigm Shift in Penology: Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders ... The stand of this author is inclined towards the modern approach, research-based and humanitarian grounds of Penology which is the rehabilitation of sex offenders.... For sex offenders, although minimizing if not eliminating their abnormal sexual drives and urges is laborious a task, several approaches and techniques guide the Penology professional to achieve the objective....

This paper focuses on and analyses the number of explanations for the significant growth in female imprisonment.... There are many policies aimed at addressing the increase in female imprisonment.... Crime has forever been a major problem for society at large.... ... ... ... The effects of imprisonment are significant and thus reinforce the need for alternatives....

Certain current trends in corrections policy will also be located within broader debates centering around features of the late-modern penal systems, highlighting the significance of the shift from a ‘penal welfares' preoccupied with the rehabilitation of offenders to a ‘new Penology' preoccupied with the management of crime and risk.... While earlier Penology laid emphasis on individuals and prioritized ascertaining the nature of the responsibility of the accused and held the guilty accountable (Feeley and Simon, 1994, p....

The "Rehabilitate or Punish in Criminology" paper presents an argument that rehabilitation is the best method for achieving Penology.... It is comprised of three divisions; sociology of law, etiology, and Penology.... It is comprised of three divisions; sociology of law, etiology and Penology.... Penology is focused in controlling crime, while sociology of law seeks to analyze the conditions under which criminal laws are enacted....

The scientific studies and researches discussed in the aforesaid articles were conducted by researchers acknowledged to be experts in the field of Penology and involved the works ... The studies were made by, as previously stated, experts in the field of Penology and therefore, are highly reliable....

The radical penal lobby provides an alternative voice to the established notions and policies of Penology, which it believes is made for the benefit of those in power.... cott D (2008) The History and Aims of Imprisonment in Penology, Sage Course Companion.... %282008%29+The+History+and+Aims+of+Imprisonment+in+Penology&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n8v1VOOlJ9GSuQThhIKYDw&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false...

Penology + For first-timers, prison is one of the most dreaded place one desires to end up regardless of the magnitude of whatever crime they might have committed.... Penology was started in the early 40s with Donald Clemmer publishing the prison Community.... Which Penology for decision making in French prisons?...

Penology.... And the third one is termed as Penology.... Among all these three, Penology is important as it guides us how to manage or control the crime.... "Use of Theory and Methods in Relation to the Expansion of Criminological Knowledge and Understanding" paper tries to understand the concept or meaning of criminology and also to make it in our understandings and thus implement the right decisions at the right time....

Crime is devastating since it upsets the two basic fundamental assumptions on which we base our lives: our belief that the world is an orderly, and our belief in personal autonomy (Zehr, 1996).... The United States of America has a long history of criminal punishment.... America has.... ... ... The rates of imprisonment in the US have a steady increase since the 20th century....

As a result, a reformation of Penology was formed which saw the establishment of gates to sewers to improve the hygiene of cells.... The essay "Outlook of American Prison Facilities" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in the outlook of American prison facilities....

The old Penology was concerned with the identification of the individual criminal for the purpose of ascribing guilt and blame, and the imposition of punishment and treatment.... eeley and Simon believe that modern Penology factors are 'concerned with techniques for identifying classifying and managing groups assorted by levels of dangerousness....

International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 1, 69-97.... Obedience is defined as the form of social influence in which a person acts in response to a direct order from another person and obeying to the law and authority.... The article named Behavioral Study of Obedience goes with the term of obedience as in the whole article, Milgram....

From the paper "Effectiveness of Community Policing" it is clear that the British police force was established to combat crime through the enforcement of laws.... Community policing as a policy was established to eliminate crime by closing the gap between the British police force and the public.... ...

' The Law Enforcement Assistance Act (LEAA) of 1968 stated the federal government assistance to state and local government, as well as to academic institutions in the hope that increased study of crime, law enforcement and Penology would result in a decrease of crime rate' (Jones and Johnston, 2012, p....

This paper tells that Ohio's department of correction is currently plagued with the issues and problems pertaining to mismanagement and has generated negative publicity that has tarnished the reputation of the department itself and has severely affected the leadership of the governor too.... ... ...

There is a shift from older Penology to new Penology. ... ld Penology was often just concerned with identifying a certain person for the purpose of ascribing blame to them.... On the other hand, new Penology is concerned with more advanced techniques that are focused on identifying and learning certain mannerisms, which are used in managing certain groups, in order to reduce crime (Miller 1987)....

hanging policies on sentencing and Penology demonstrates the flexibility of the Australian criminal justice system in responding to public interests and changes in criminal trends.... The sentencing and Penology options for the courts are monetary sanctions, unsupervised release, supervised release or custodial sentences.... (1998) Comparing Prison Systems: Toward a Comparative and International Penology....

It has been argued that a new language is emerging in the Penology sector.... n conclusion, it has been argued that a new language is emerging in the Penology sector.... eeley & Simon - The New Penology (1992) ... The paper "Criminal Justice towards Crime Prevention, Victim Responsibility and the Minimization of Risk" states that imprisonment will be the norm of the society and criminal groups will be continually be surveyed to assess the risk they pose to the society, as well as, the control the opportunities for criminal acts....

(Criminal Justice in Action: The Core, Prisons and Jails, pp314-5) Rivalry has influenced American thinking about prison system As America saw progressive movement in criminal justice, it started from the adoption of the “new Penology”.... While United States of America has the largest corrections system in the world, the history of its prisons and jails goes back to the British prison system....

The correction system includes the Penology, probation officers, parole officers and the officials of correction (Smith, 2012).... Aside from this, there are also ethical dilemmas posed for those who are undertaking medication while under the care of Penology e.... The author of the paper "American Criminal Justice Systems" will begin with the statement that the American Justice System is a true judicial mechanism because these are set by rules and judicial procedures that are founded on its national constitution and bill of rights....

Capital punishment in Plato's Penology is reserved for the incurable and the bad men themselves would seem better candidates for this penalty than those who in spite of propensities to vice yet succeed in avoiding the greatest judgement.... The author of the present essay "Argues on the Death Penalty" underlines that there is a great tension between the two types of people i....

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Guidelines 11th, February, 2013 Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Guidelines Introduction The dominance of the new Penology perspective in the majority of advanced countries of the West during the last 3 decades has led to increased homogenization of their criminal justice systems.... Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Guidelines 11th, February, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Guidelines Introduction The dominance of the new Penology perspective in the majority of advanced countries of the West during the last 3 decades has led to increased homogenization of their criminal justice systems....

The author states that presumption of innocence is accorded to anyone that is civilly and criminally accused of committing a crime.... Suspects can also enjoy the Miranda doctrine and can avail the right to counsel.... Convicts are also given the chance to reform themselves.... .... ... ... Women must rise, get empowered and extol their sense of humanity because like men, they are human beings too needing laws' protection and economic opportunities to become a truly pro-active partner of men....

The general approach was to supervise the offender in the community, rehabilitate offenders, implement Penology guidelines that discourage recidivism, broadening of police powers, reducing fear of crime by increased police presence in communities and at the same time safeguarding the constitutional rights of an accused person.... 2 It is unrealistic to expect the criminal justice system to accomplish fairness and trust when a Penology practice fails to institute policies focused on rehabilitation and favors purely punishment theories of justice....

but because it falls under the paradigms of the branded Penology while at the same time bringing revenue to the communities in form of employments.... he representations of Supermax prisons as tough, innovative and efficient coincide with the current punitive policy not necessarily because it was brought about by the US but because it falls under the paradigms of the branded Penology while at the same time bringing in revenue to the communities in form of employments....

This statement underscores that these soft options are only for minor crimes and not recommended in resolving Penology and social problems.... Thinking on Penology swung between humanitarianism and hardship, from John Howard of the 1770's to Michael Howard of the 1990's (Blair 2000: 11).... This requires a paradigm shift in Penology that needs a new discourse other than the present dominance of security and control (Bayliss 2003)....

Juvenile Justice The positivist worldview explains that humans are shaped by their society and they are product of their environmental and cultural influences.... Therefore, to a large extent individual actions are largely influenced by biological and environmental factors, and not out of free will....

Probation practice and the new Penology: practitioner reflections.... The author of the paper "Deducing a Sentence Considering the Probation Value Factor" will begin with the statement that Jon is a suspect with prior records of violence and has been convicted a number of times due to his poor conduct in the community when relating to the other people around him....

Dictionary of American Penology.... In this paper "Women and Health", there would be reflections and statements that may or may not be considered traditional but as a taboo by others.... As fast-paced as the changes happening with technology, health is an aspect of a person's life that is most of the time neglected....

COMPSTAT, an acronym for Computer Statistics, is the recent fusion of GIS information along with key crime information that provides certain law enforcement entities that employ it with the identification of key hotspots in which crime is more likely to take place based on past experience and records....

The man in the high castle Philip K.... Dick in his famous alternative history book The Man in the High Castle exposits an ambience with his genius creative mind where he demonstrates his genius by creating a world where Germany and Japan won World War II and America is occupied by the Axis forces....

Penology.... Capital punishment, also known as death penalty, is a very contentious topic.... Peikrishvili (2004) asserts that it is a very sensitive subject, touching the deepest instincts of people including the notions of honor, fear, hatred, as well as revenge.... .... ... ... Examples of offences on which it is applied include rape and other sexual crimes, espionage, murder, repeated crimes, and treason....

They include among others Penology, which encompasses the study of prison systems and prisons, biocriminology that entails the study of basis of biological criminal actions, feminist criminology that considers the study of women and their relationships with criminal behavior.... From the paper "Experts in Criminology and Psychology" it is clear that evaluating the effects and causes of failure from a psychological perspective constitutes psychology of failure....

The underlying paradigm in Penology, which is equal punishment for an equal crime, may not be so appropriate when taking into consideration what a lot of women carry with them to prison in terms of extra emotional baggage of having kids.... Either way, this gave rise to new challenges in Penology because it so happened that many of these imprisoned women were mothers....

This paper, Sexual Offences, discusses the terms sex crimes, sex offenses and sexual assault which are always used interchangeably by law enforcers depending on the nation and their laws.... According to UK Legislation, sexual offenses are committed by a sex/sexual offender.... ... ... ... According to the study, a majority of sexual offenders always have some form of psychological distress which is related to a stressor....

This change has been baptized the “culture of control,” “new punitiveness” or “new Penology” (Bonds, 422).... ehabilitation as a concept came about in the year 1870 when the National Congress' Committee of Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline converged in Cincinnati to build a modern Penology that would rehabilitate offenders for the main objective of mainstreaming the society upon the release of the inmate....

It dealt with the theory of Penology and was the first literature that had emerged against capital punishment.... "Crime and Criminology: Beccaaria's Theoretical Work" paper focuses on Marquis of Beccaria-Bonesana, an Italian philosopher and politician who wrote in the mid-sixteenth century, and examines contrasting criminological theories based on biological positivism and sociological positivism....