Criminal sentencing embraces a number of philosophies and seeks to satisfy sometimes conflicting goals

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Criminal sentencing embraces a number of philosophies and seeks to satisfy sometimes conflicting goals: retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration. The means to accomplish those tasks have traditionally been comprised of fines, probation, imprisonment, and death. To adapt to the financial, social, and international pressures, the criminal justice system has experimented with mandatory, indeterminate, and structured sentencing. However, each defendant-based alternative must be viewed with in the light of its impact on the victims and society at-large.

Beginning with the material conveyed in the assigned reading and presentation, select two scholarly articles from the university criminal justice databases, and integrate those resources to discuss the practical implications of alternative and innovative sentencing options. Finally, integrate within your discussion the impact of a Judeo-Christian viewpoint on the viability of such new sentencing options.

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Criminal sentencing; Refers to imposing of criminal punishment or sanction by a judicial
authority based on the degree of criminal activity associated with the offender.
The philosophy and goals of criminal sentencing include retribution, incapacitation,
deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration.


Retribution is the act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator. It requires that a criminal
offender receives a punishment appropriate to the type and severity of committed crime
by the law.



Incapacitation. It requires that the offender is restrained to reduce the probability of the
offender committing future crimes by use of prisons or other detainment means.



Deterrence refers to using fear of punishment to inhibit criminal behavior. Deterrence
attempts to prevent a particular person from repeating crime or preventing others from
committing similar crimes by making an example of the offender sentenced.



Rehabilitation is the attempt to reform the offender especially changing the offender�...


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