These prison guards claimed that they would have never known they could be capable of such aggressive and cruel behavior. They claimed that their sense of morals would normally prevent them from such behavior. However, through cognitive dissonance, their change of environment challenged their initial set of morals. When assigned these new roles, the
How offenders can build positive relationships in custody Relationships It is very important for maintaining a positive relationship between prisoners and those they have to have contact with, whether in custody or on release. If a prisoner has been mixing with other criminals whether outside of prison or in prison, and hasn’t got a very good role model in the community they come from, there is a risk that they may return back to prison because they reoffended, when they got released from prison. But if offenders have a positive role model outside of prison, for example family and friends, and inside prison, like the staff, then their chances of reoffending are greatly reduced. Prisoners might have an isolated family and friends and may find it hard to emerge back into society when they have been released. Unfortunately, it is very common for prisoners to have lost everything when they have been released for example their family, friends, job and their housing.
Others may think the exclusionary rule should not be used to enforce the Fourth Amendment. They feel at times it is necessary for the exclusionary rule to not be used. I can understand their position because they are looking at putting the accused defendant behind bars and make sure they are punished to the fullest. At times without the exclusionary rule, the case in court can succeed and get the result the prosecution and maybe even what the public want. Sometimes people feel the defendant has too many rights and has more benefits, which could help them get away with criminal activity.
When the child’s needs are not considered nor acknowledged, a personalized treatment cannot be appointed. Many of these children do not get a chance for rehabilitation, so many become hardened by their sentence and eventually are considered the repeat offenders. On the other hand, Humes discusses John Sloan as someone who received a sentence “tailored to him, rather then to his offense” (329). The purpose of his sentence wasn’t to penalize, but to put a halt on the loop that would eventually turn him into a repeat offender by rehabilitating him. Punishment in general has its
The participants were not fully informed about the study. In part because this was the first test of its kind so they did not know what to expect. Also after some research I found out that the idea of having them taken in by the police was not exposed to the participants. That part doesn’t have that much to do with the roles they were playing in the experiment. Another part of the experiment that took the researchers by surprise was the fact that the guards and prisoners taking on the roles.
This act was introduced to allow police more power to stop and search when they only suspect, also police can offer cautions without taking offences further. However, this act didn’t meet with universal apporoval, civil liberty groups and the legal profession opposed to several measures in the bill as many innocent people were released from years in imprisonment after this bill was introduced. The crime and
This program studies what criminals do, and how they do it, so they can counter react that and make it impossible for them to do it at a particular time. Now this is not bulletproof because the crimes still happen, but statistics show its decreasing and maybe with the help of this theory. Then the National Crime Victimization Survey, helps too because they are useful tools of information. They take the surveys seriously, and they find that majority of the people who take the survey have not reported the crime or crimes that they have been a victim in. Not only that, but it makes out statistics more accurate than before because now we have the ones that never reported.
The facts clearly indicate that juveniles are incapable of holding their own in a counsel defense due to their lack of knowledge on how to navigate the judicial process. It cannot be denied that the developmental, social, and historical circumstances of adolescents show that their capabilities to work with their defense counsel and comprehend long-term consequences are limited. In addition, those who are incarcerated in adult prison facilities reenter society with more criminal-like features than before they were imprisoned and are more likely to be rearrested for yet another felony mainly because they were not offered rehabilitation during their crucial developmental adolescent years. Juvenile justice should be focused on rehabilitation and reform of character rather than condemning those who are convicted to a life of
A major issue facing the juvenile justice system is how young offenders are treated and held, before the trial process. Laws dictating rights of adult suspects are not necessarily applied to juveniles, and this is due to an unresolved and halfway approach to juvenile crime.Juveniles are not considered responsible adult, it is often the case that parents are to be turned to when arrests take place. Legally, a parent or guardian must be contacted upon the holding of a suspected juvenile. This is a mode of thinking perhaps admirable, but hopelessly antiquated and unrealistic, since many adolescent offenders do not come from traditional backgrounds, or even have a parent in place as guardian. What actually happens in most cases of juvenile arrest
The program is still in the beginning stages of trying to be a successful deterrent to crime. Interviewing each minor that has been through the Y.O.U program would become difficult mainly because not all of the minors remain in juvenile probation custody. Many of the minors have moved on to the Adult system. Some of the minors do not wish to share their experience in the Y.O.U. program.