Assignment: Correctional Issues and Challenges
Please provide a one to two page written response to the question listed below.
Your response should address all parts of the question and integrate the assigned readings and lecture material as appropriate. Your response should adhere to APA format, with 1" margins all around, Times New Roman, 12-pt font, with a left general alignment and double lined spacing. You must appropriately cite all references used in your response. You do not need to seek out other sources of information for this assignment as you have been provided with more than enough information in class and through the assigned readings to address this question. If you do refer to material not assigned in the class, you must also list them in a supplemental reference page. To receive full credit, you must use proper grammar and correct spelling, write in complete sentences, use appropriate punctuation, and avoid using abbreviations. I strongly encourage you to proof read your essay before turning it in.
Question
Evidence-based practices are key to ensuring desired sentencing outcomes are achieved. However, sometimes such practices don't "feel" like punishment and they seem to focus exclusively on offenders and ignore victims in the process. How would you explain the importance of supporting evidence-based practices in corrections to victims and victims rights groups? Why should they support them over more traditional, retributive measures?
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2018/05/in_the_crosshairs_of_conscienc.html
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-bill-would-allow-use-of-gas-chamber-electrocution-for-execution
Readings:
Evidence-Based Corrections: Identifying What Works
By Doris Layton MacKenzie
Attachment:- Capital Punishment.rar