South University Policy Position on Alternative Punishments Paper

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You are in charge of programming for your state's Department of Corrections. With the prison population continuing to rise and consistently high recidivism rates, the governor has instructed you to look outside the United States for alternatives. You and your team will look at several countries and compare their incarceration and recidivism data with those of the United States. The goal is to determine whether there are punishment alternatives or in-prison programs that could help reduce recidivism.

Choose one of the following countries and report on its data: Brazil, Japan, Norway, Egypt, or South Africa.

  • How does the country you chose compare to the United States in terms of incarceration rate? Explain.
  • How does the country you chose compare to the United States in terms of recidivism? Explain.
  • What punishment alternatives exist in the country you chose? Does that country engage in corporal punishment?
  • Does the other country offer any type of restorative justice or other innovation that could be beneficial if adopted in the United States?
  • Describe the role of the "classification officer" in a US prison. Also explain how this officer can influence recidivism.

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Policy position on alternative punishments
Thesis Statement: The United States has the highest jail population and the highest incarceration
rate in the world.
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incarceration rate
Recidivism rate

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Punishment alternatives

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Restorative justice

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Role of classification officer


Running head: POLICY POSITION ON ALTERNATIVE PUNISHMENTS

Policy Position on Alternative Punishments
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POLICY POSITION ON ALTERNATIVE PUNISHMENTS
Incarceration rate
The United States has the highest jail population and the highest incarceration rate in the
world. Data indicates that the U.S held approximately 21% of the world’s prisoners by 2015. The
incarceration rate of the states was reported to be 655 per 100,000 populations of all ages
(Katsiyannis, 2018). The rate peaked in 2008 with 24.7% of the world prisoners in prison, jail,

probation parole, territorial and juvenile. Japan, on the other hand, incarceration rate as of 2014
was 48 per 100,000 populations of all ages. The country portrays a decreasing incarceration rate
from 2008. In 2017 Japa...


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