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Write a 2-page reflection paper and discuss the shared experiences of members of your cohort. Your paper should be based on your personal experiences as well as research on your generational cohort. Additionally, you may choose to include information and examples from other people who are members of your cohort (e.g., friends, roommates, and classmates). The goal is to present an accurate and well-rounded overview of your generational cohort. Some topics to consider in your paper are:
Major historical events that shaped your development
Attitudes toward diverse cultural groups
Attitudes toward gender roles
Ideas about music and artistic expression
Attitudes toward military service
Typical family constellation
Attitudes toward education and work
How does your cohort's worldview differ from the worldview of someone twenty years younger and twenty years older than you?
Paper 2 Competencies Addressed in This AssignmentCompetency 1: Analyze theories and models of criminal justice.
Competency 2: Explain the structure of the criminal justice system.
Competency 3: Illustrate the processing of criminal court cases.
Competency 5: Communicate effectively in writing.
Introduction
The criminal justice process can vary slightly from one state to another as well as from the adult system to the juvenile system but the basic process remains the same and individual rights under the constitution remain the same in all states at the adult level.
Once a defendant is found guilty, however, sentencing guidelines can vary greatly from state to state. There are uniform guidelines for federal cases, but guidelines for sentencing in local cases differ from state to state.
In some cases, the judge has wide latitude in determining the sentence for a defendant. Incarceration and length of incarceration (indeterminate sentencing, for example, no less than 1 year, no more than 5) can vary. There are also alternative or intermediate sanctions that can be applied that avoid incarceration.
Examples of intermediate sanctions include court-ordered community service, probation with general or specific conditions, home confinement, and remote location monitoring. These types of sanctions are basically a compromise between an actual prison sentence and a release back into society. These are also commonly referred to as alternative sentences. The punishment, although not a severe as a prison sentence, is swift and certain. It could be argued that the swift-certainty aspect of this has a deterrent effect. Many of these sentences include an actual sentencing plan that is written in cooperation with defense attorneys and includes input from citizen suggestions (Schmalleger, 2016). The Sentencing Project is an example of an organization that does this. The Sentencing Project has developed over 100 locally based alternative sentencing programs. The sentencing plans will often contain letters of support from family members and employers and can be used in plea bargaining sessions (Schmalleger, 2016).
Are these programs good solution to the problem? According to Michael Tonry (1997), these programs are not without issues. He stated:
During the experimentation of the 1980s, it has become clear that (1) well-run programs can achieve some of their goals; (2) some conventional goals are incompatible; and (3) the availability of new sanctions may tempt judges and other officials to use them for offenders other than those for whom they were created.
Tonry is certainly not the only one to point out fallacies in these programs. French (n.d.) noted:
Problem areas identified in the current Wisconsin indeterminate sentencing scheme were disparity of sentences for similar crimes, uncertainty of release from prison on parole, lessened deterrent effect of prison terms because of the uncertainty of how much time will actually be served, parole boards' difficulty in accurately predicting when a person has been rehabilitated, difficulty in planning for future prison populations, and inmate anger and frustration due to the apparent arbitrariness of the sentencing system.
French went on to say that categorical exceptions might be the most promising tool to provide sentencing guidance. This would create specific categories where only specific kinds of sanctions are deemed appropriate (for example, only imprisonment or only intermediate sanctions or only less intrusive community penalties).
Instructions
You now know that the defendant in the court case in Unit 4 was found guilty. In this assignment, you will put yourself in the position of the judge. Which sentence would you impose?
Review the Intermediate Sanctions media. Explore the options for sentencing that are open to the judge and then decide which of the intermediate or alternative options you would choose for this defendant in this case.
In your paper: write 3 pages please!!
Determine the basis for the sentence that you would impose for this defendant. For example, why do you think he is eligible for this option? Why is the option you chose the most appropriate of those offered in the scenario? (Feel free to review evidence presented in The Court System– Evidence and Procedure media.)
Compare the sentencing options you see in the Intermediate Sanctions media with information about available sentencing options for felonies in your own state.
Find a state that allows for intermediate sentencing and identify what criteria must be present for a defendant to be eligible for an intermediate program in that state.
Here are some links down below to help write the paper
https://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/CJ1000/IntermediateSanctions/media.asp
https://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/CJ1000/TheCourtSystem/media.asp