Group based correctional services are set up for delinquents giving them a chance to reintegrate back into the community to serve their remaining jail time (Antonacci, 158). After the delinquent has served a segment of their time in jail, the delinquent is evaluated for the risk or danger they may cause the community and recidivism, then after that they are permitted to serve the remained of their time in the community, if the evaluation goes well (Antonacci, 158).
The house arrest of Martha Stewart resulted in much public debate about this community corrections approach. Some people in society believed this was not an acceptable punishment to be given to Martha Stewart for her actions, as they believed that the punishment appeared to be light …show more content…
And it worked in allot of people’s views, because if a person that was not as famous as Martha Stewart, did the same crime as her, and their family and friends were to write letters in, the outcome would have been much different than for Martha Stewart's case was. They would have been given the full time in jail and whatever else that was told by judge to do. But the biggest problem allot of people in society see in conditional sentencing, like house arrest or something is that it may not deter the offender from committing the crime again as much as jail time would, as they would think that are not receiving a severe punishment, so that if they do it again it would not be that bad.
In conclusion, conditional sentencing for non-violent offenders has it’s advantages and disadvantages like I have presented. Accept as true, that that the pros of this problem outweigh the cons as offenders are low risk or non-violent society can take a risk in having them finish their sentencing out in the community, instead of being in jail taking up space for someone that needs to be taken off the streets and put into a high risk jail, maximum security prison, so society stays safe as that is the ultimate goal of law enforcement and laws in
The house arrest of Martha Stewart resulted in much public debate about this community corrections approach. Some people in society believed this was not an acceptable punishment to be given to Martha Stewart for her actions, as they believed that the punishment appeared to be light …show more content…
And it worked in allot of people’s views, because if a person that was not as famous as Martha Stewart, did the same crime as her, and their family and friends were to write letters in, the outcome would have been much different than for Martha Stewart's case was. They would have been given the full time in jail and whatever else that was told by judge to do. But the biggest problem allot of people in society see in conditional sentencing, like house arrest or something is that it may not deter the offender from committing the crime again as much as jail time would, as they would think that are not receiving a severe punishment, so that if they do it again it would not be that bad.
In conclusion, conditional sentencing for non-violent offenders has it’s advantages and disadvantages like I have presented. Accept as true, that that the pros of this problem outweigh the cons as offenders are low risk or non-violent society can take a risk in having them finish their sentencing out in the community, instead of being in jail taking up space for someone that needs to be taken off the streets and put into a high risk jail, maximum security prison, so society stays safe as that is the ultimate goal of law enforcement and laws in