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Name Professor Course Date Outline Title: Thinking about Crime Introduction Thesis: The author identifies that the American Penal system has been infringed wrongly by wrong measures and regulations that has seen the non-functionalities; generating the need to think about the situation of crime and under what sense and sensibility exists in the American penal culture. Chapter 2: Why so many Americans are in prison. Main point 1. Public opinion on both rehabilitation and punishments are not evaluated by the authorities. The reflection of the public opinion upon the increasing criminal activities in the country has been misinterpreted by the system to concur with punishment in other countries has seen the current state of affairs within the system. The policies supported by public officials are provided to only apply as the solutions to curb crime which is different from reality in other nations. Main point 2. Lack of proportionality within the system: It is clear that with proportionality in crime dealings and punishment there is imminent reaction to mitigating crime activities and which has been the fostered provision by other nations. However in the United States policies have been formulated lacking the proportionality to deal with those activities and thus giving rise to unthinkable situations within the prison system. [...]
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2 outlines: -Outline #1 : Chapter 2 (p21-46) & Chapter 3 -Outline #2 : Chapter 4, Chapter 5 & Chapter 6 (p141-156)
Subject Area: Criminology
Document Type: Model Answer / Exam Revision
