Should Sex Offenders Be Allowed Parole?

If we thought that prisoners could not be rehabilitated, then they should not be released. If felons are released, we make a judgment that they are fit to live in society; therefore, they are capable of making trustworthy decisions.

I understand that early parole for nonviolent inmates could still be very dangerous because they are still criminals but some offences should in my opinion earn a parole hearing to be eligible for parole. Also another thing is not everyone who committed a nonviolent crime would be eligible for this. It's not an automatic release but I think It could change a lot of individuals lives, I think this would be a perfect situation to allow people who got caught with drugs to be able to be up for parole. The system in my opinion is very unjust because you have a person in jail for over a year because they were in possession of marijuana mean while a college boy who committed a rape doesn't even get 6 months. I would much rather walk among people smoking marijuana then a rapist. Ultimately in my opinion walking among rapists is much more dangerous and uncomfortable. I believe no rapist should be up for parole and maybe the proposition should specify on one crime that would be eligible for parole because all though it is considered a non violent crime does not mean no violence occurred during the

Those criminals need to be corrected and helped, and then brought back into their societies and Imprisonment is thus not meant to be an avenue for inhumane treatment for members of the community who err in their behavior.

The criminal justice system focuses more on criminalization and incarceration than it does on rehabilitation. The United States of America wins the award for the highest incarceration rate in the world with over 2.3 million people in correctional facilities. America itself contains only about five percent of the world population, but accounts for twenty-five percent of the world’s prisoners (American Civil Liberties Union). With a longstanding history of mass incarceration and

The United States have moved away from rehabilitating offenders. Incarcerating offenders without trying to rehabilitate them only increases the chances of them returning back to jail or prison. The correctional system should focus their attention on rehabilitating offenders and looking at alternatives to

Sex offender registry laws were intended to increase public safety and to reduce the reoffending rates of sexual offenders. However, this paper will argue that registration has no effect on recidivism rates and that the law actually negatively impacts rehabilitative goals because of the unforeseen issues stemming from registration. An analysis of the existing body of literature concerning registration from the United States will address the

The laws for sex offenders should be changed for many reasons. This is a very controversial subject, and tempers flare easily and often for good reason. Due to the plethora of opinions on this subject it is hard to determine what is right and what is wrong.

We already know that overcrowding can cause many issues that could be lifelong like diseases and health that it would be best that those who are nonviolent be let out with their families. Also, when time comes those who are violent and have shown a great improvement with classes and skills then they will be allowed out before their sentence ends. This gives the violent offenders a chance to do good while they are serving their sentence. Broadening the parole eligibility will make the advocates happy as well as save money for the state/prisons.

One might wonder why is this, namely, offenders are being released with no bearing as to what to do with themselves once they are released due to lack of education, coping skills, lack of obtaining employment due to their criminal background. Another factor of ex-offenders re-offending is due to the time of their conviction. If one has been sentenced to a lot of time one may be disconnected from love ones in the addition, to the era of the times of their release.

In some extreme causes like kids over the age 15 who commit violent crimes and show no sign of remorse for their actions should be kept away. Murder is a serious charge, regardless of a person's age or gender I’m all for that and violent criminals should be locked away and rehabbed because of their violent tendencies. Kids/ adults who show no remorse for crimes they commit are more likely to commit such crimes again, and those type of people should be kept away from our

“The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) defines recidivism as a return to incarceration within three years of the offender’s date of release from a state correctional institution.” (Schelle, 2012) The 2011 recidivism rate for all juvenile offenders was 36.7%. The recidivism rate for African American juvenile offenders was 43.8%. Eighty-two percent of the juveniles who recidivated did so with a new crime, and the other 18% returned because of technical violations. “Of all juveniles released in 2008, 40.9% of males returned to IDOC, while only 15.8% of females returned,” (Schelle, 2012). Surprisingly, juvenile sex offenders had the lowest recidivism rate at 13.6%. (Schelle, 2012)

Because reduction of the likelihood of offender recidivism in the future is clearly a priority, the criminal justice system has begun to look into the effectiveness of treatment programs. The following body of research further discusses the purpose and effectiveness of different treatment methods that can be employed by psychologists with the intention of rehabilitating sex offenders.

For many years this topic has been back and forth whether it is a good thing. The topic about whether or not parole should in place has also became a very controversial topic. The debate is usually fifty-fifty on whether it is a good idea or not a good idea. Many people believe in the idea of allowing someone to have a second chance and for them to be able to show that people do change if given an opportunity to show it. While others believe that no matter how many chances you give someone they will still do what they want and keep breaking the rules. I would say I am on the side of those who believe parole should not exist and that the criminal should serve their full sentence not just a percentage of their sentence. Many innocent people

Communities should have the right to be informed when convicts are released from prison especially the victims who were the most affect by the crimes should be informed especially victims of rape. Upon the release of some offender of sex crimes they are to be put on the register when they return to the community. (Community Notification Laws (Megan's Law), n.d.). The information about the release should not be completely publicize like on the new or in the newspaper it should simply just be on the prison or jail site that if people wanted to known or just look at could who is being released that day or during that week. For the victims of the crime they should be informed individually with a simple phone call from the prison or the police

Personally, my argument for this question is aimed more at repeated sex offenders. With one-time sex offenders, I would need to see the reasoning behind the logic. For example, some people on the sex offender list are on there because they had sex with their girlfriend while she was under-age. The girl may have consented, but because she was under-age, her boyfriend would be accused of having sex with a minor and then placed on the sex offender list. In cases like that, I don’t believe the male should be castrated. However, males who are known as repeated sex offenders should most definitely be castrated in my opinion. Obviously, if they are known to have raped, assaulted, or harassed others more times than one, they obviously need to be taught a lesson.