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States corrections expenditures which have nearly quadrupled over the past two decades are receiving considerable attention These circumstances make it crucial for policy makers and the public to understand the full cost of prisons to taxpayerssomet. CLANT presentation by Lyma Nguyen and Rebekah O’Meagher. William . Forster . Chambers 10 April 2014. What the presentation will cover…. Common federal offences dealt with in the Northern Territory. Principles of LPSCS. Types of . Sentencing. Concurrent. Runs . the same duration as . another sentence. Consecutive. Sentences . run one after another. Concurrent v. Consecutive. Determinate. A . specific amount of time is . Sentence.   - punishment imposed on a person convicted of committing a crime. . The goal or purpose of a sentence. Protection of public. Retribution. Deterrence. Rehabilitation. Restitution. denunciation. Parr Center for Ethics, UNC-Chapel Hill. Professor Tamar Birckhead. November 30, 2015. Introduction to Discussion. What is the data on incarceration rate in the U.S. and internationally?. Although crime rates have declined, why has the number of incarcerated people continued to increase?. The Potential of Community Corrections to Improve Safety and Reduce Incarceration JULY 2013 2 As the size and cost of jails and prisons have grown, so too has the awareness that public investment i I. ncarceration. : Reform or a ‘new normal’?. Dr. . P. aul Leighton. Eastern Michigan University. Osher. Lifelong Learning Institute lecture, January 21, 2016. Sentencing reform so far…. The number of inmates in state and federal prisons has declined about 54,000 in the last five years.. People Who Inject Drugs . in Ukraine: . Modelling . its . Role . in HIV . Transmission . and . the Impact . of . Introducing . OST in . Prisons. Jack Stone, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Frederick Altice, . Lyuba. Chapter Nine. Incarceration Trends in America. From . 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500,000 to 2.3 million people. Today, the US is 5% of the World population and has 25% of world prisoners.. LAW . 12. What is a ‘Sentence’?. sentence. = punishment imposed on a person convicted of committing a crime. Goals of Sentencing. 6 main goals of sentencing:. protection of the public. retribution. Judgement formally pronounced by court and imposed on defendant who pleads guilty or is found guilty after a trial. Various sentencing models used by various jurisdictions. Type and length may be determined legislatively, judicially, or administratively. What draws you to the field of corrections? Perhaps you know a neighbor, friend, or family member that spent time in a local jail or prison. Maybe, you are a correctional professional, or student. . After you read these pages and visit the webpage, . Homelessness & Incarceration. Homelessness and incarceration share risk factors and each increases the risk of the other. Jail inmates have 7.5–11.3 the odds of recent homelessness compared with general population. Learning Objective 1. List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. Nancy Stone/MCT/Newscom. The Purpose of Sentencing. Philosophical . reasons . for . sentencing. Retribution.