Module Two Assignment

Ideology/PurposeSentencingStructure Effects Example:RetributionExample:MandatoryminimumExample: Mandatory minimums are aimed at imposing fixed penalties for offenders committing similar crimes and typically result in tougher penalties for more serious offenders. Retribution refers to "just deserts" and "an eye for an eye." According to the textbook,Corrections Today(2014), the goal of retribution is to impose punishment that holds the offender accountable and that is proportionate to the crime. Retribution is not concerned with future outcome, only that the offender is held accountable and that the appropriate punishment is granted (Siegel & Bartollas, 2014). A first-time nonviolent offender, then, should be treated less severely than a repeat offender. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws seem to be perfectly aligned with the goal of retribution. Laws such as three-strikes and truth in sentencing result in harsher penalties for repeat and/or violent offenders. It must be mentioned that mandatory minimums may interfere with other long term goals, such as struggles with reentry. Siegel, L & Bartollas, C. (2014). Corrections Today, Second Edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. RehabilitationIndeterminateSentencingIndeterminate sentencing allows for early release from a prison or jail following the completion of the statutory minimum amount of time. "The primary purpose of indeterminate sentences remains an effort to individualize each sentence in the interest of rehabilitating offenders" (Siegel, 2017). Indeterminate sentencing achieves the purpose because it allows for flexibility in both the sort of punishments issued and the amount of time that must be served. States that use indeterminate sentences frequently use statutes that set minimum and maximum sentences while allowing judges to decide the actual punishment within these parameters. Rehabilitation is utilized behind the belief that "they will refrain from further criminal activity if they can be successfully helped and treated rather than condemned and punished" (Siegel, 2017). This allows new approaches to punishment because crimes and punishment are not "one-fit-all" scenarios. Some offenders need drug counseling, probation, or other methods that do not involved extended incarceration. This allows the system to reduce recidivism, lower incarceration rates, and reform criminals into functioning, law-abiding citizens. Restorative JusticeCommunityServiceRestorative justice and community service assist the criminal to reintegrate into society. Despite being similar to rehabilitation, this really aids the offender in giving back to society and proving that they are prepared to integrate. "Restorative justice is grounded in the concept that the government should surrender its control over responses to crime to those who are most directly affected— the victims, the offenders, and the