Essay Questions - Criminal Justice (Lesson 13)

Criminal Justice

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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Abstract

When criminals hear the door of their cells close , they know that their last hope is the day of finally getting out of incarceration . More often than not , convicted felons get out of jail upon the full serving of their sentence . But upon release , the offender still is faced with the challenge of reintegration into the mainstream of society . This may be due to the fact of the stigma usually to former convicts . How do they get

themselves back in the mainstream of society ? What are the avenues vailable to them as the embark on the road back into society

Types of incarceration

It is quite an accepted norm on society to send to jail offenders that have been found guilty of some criminal or civil offense . Often times we look at these facilities as places where criminals can seek some form of restitution for their mistakes against society , or where the society can gain retribution against these criminals . But are there ways to seek that retribution against criminals ? Are there forms of incarceration with other goals other than solely seeking retribution against crminals

There are at present three different types or modes of imprisonment The custodial ' mode of confinement seeks the immurement of prisoners for the express purpose of incapacitating the offender , for the deterrence of the criminal from committing further offenses , and simply to seek retribution from the offender (George Cole Christopher Smith 2004 . This model put an emphasis on the exacting from the offenders a strict adherence to discipline , subjection to authority and instill in the inmates as they are put under the warden 's authority (Cole Smith , 2004 . This type is the one mostly to be found in maximum security facilities in the United States (Todd Clear George Cole 1997

Another mode for the imprisonment of criminal offenders is for them to be under the rehabilitative model (Cole Smith , 2004 . Here , the focus is more on the treatment side or the conduct of programs to cure offenders , especially if the case is more of a drug-related crime (Cole Smith , 2004 . Rather than the imposition of strict guidelines for the subjection of the inmates to a militarsitic lifestyle designed to generate obedience , offenders are more or less subjected to the same treatment (Cole Smith , 2004 . But as the term implies , they are more inclined to reform the offender , and the conduct of security and other chores are seen as pre-requisites for rehabilitation initiatives (Cole Smith , 2004 . But as this mode of incarceration has been quite in use for a long time , dating back to the 1950 's , the model as a penal facility has been phased out (Clear Cole , 1997

The reintegration model ' is a mode by which the offender and his relationships with his /her family are maintained , since it is the belief of this system that the offender , upon release or after serving his time in priosn , will go back...