Criminal justice Reform

Title: Criminal justice Reform
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics | Words: 2049 | Pages: 8.7 (approximately 235 words/page)

Criminal justice Reform

People are arrested every day in the United States. They are put on probation or sent to jail, and sometimes they are let out on parole; there are millions of people affected. In 1995 alone there were over five million people under some form of correctional supervision, and the number is steadily increasing. The incarceration rate is skyrocketing: the number of prison inmates per 100,000 people has risen from 139 in 1980 to 411 in 1995. This is an immense financial …showed first 75 words of 2049 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2049 total…As the old saying goes, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and this rings true for inmates as well as dogs. Train them while they're puppies, so to speak. A well brought up child will be no more inclined to commit a crime than a well-trained dog will be to urinate on the rug. And if the crime rate is so drastically reduced, society as a whole will be greatly improved. Word Count: 2026

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