America's Prisons
America's Prisons | Creative Sentencing Can Provide Effective Alternatives
Creative sentencing refers to punishments tailored to fit the crime and rehabilitate the offender. For example, an adolescent convicted of vandalism was sentenced by a teen court to guard and clean the wall he vandalized. Another court, attempting to keep drunk driving offenders sober, gave them the option to take home alcohol-monitoring devices instead of posting bail. In the following viewpoint, David Mulholland suggests that creative sentencing can be more effective than imprisonment for many offenders. He asserts that its flexibility gives punishments more meaning by allowing judges...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Prisons Effective?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The Prison System Works
- The Prison System Does Not Work
- More Imprisonment Is Needed
- More Imprisonment Is Not Needed
- Imprisonment Reduces Crime
- Imprisonment Does Not Reduce Crime
- Privatization Would Benefit the Prison System
- Privatization Would Not Benefit the Prison System
- Chapter 1: Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: How Should Prisons Treat Inmates?
- Chapter 3: Should Prisons Use Inmate Labor?
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Chapter 4: What Are the Alternatives to Prisons?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Parole Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Parole and Probation Have Not Succeeded as Alternatives
- Drug Treatment Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Drug Offenders Should Be Imprisoned
- Creative Sentencing Can Provide Effective Alternatives
- Creative Sentencing May Not Provide Effective Alternatives
- Shame-Based Punishment Can Be an Effective Alternative
- Shame-Based Punishment May Not Be an Effective Alternative
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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