America's Prisons
America's Prisons | Drug Offenders Should Be Imprisoned
Many jurisdictions are experimenting with sentencing nonviolent drug offenders to treatment instead of prison. Passed by California voters in the November 2000 election, Proposition 36 gives a first-time drug offender the option to go to treatment instead of prison. If the drug offender violates probation three times, he or she will be imprisoned. In the following viewpoint, Charles L. Hobson asserts that this initiative is flawed because imprisonment is necessary to treat most drug offenders. Hobson argues that the threat of imprisonment provides an incentive for drug users to break...
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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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