ANSWER EACH QUESTION IN 3-4 SENTENCES
The focus in Use of Force is on when to use force and how much force is appropriate when contacting and arresting suspects. Explain your choices in this scenario by addressing the following questions.
Describe what options for control are available to you when making contact with a person who is suspected of committing a crime? How might these change depending on the circumstances?
2.When is deadly force authorized for police officers? In this scenario, do you think deadly force would have been authorized if the suspect was wielding a knife at a distance of thirty (30) feet as opposed to only a few feet? Explain your answer.
3.Do you believe that capital punishment should be allowed? Why or why not? What about for juveniles?
4.What do you believe accounts for the differences in states having or not having the death penalty
5.The central issues in Getting Tough: Crime and Punishment revolve around the pressures—both internal and external to the criminal justice system—that shape the sentencing process. Explain your choices in this scenario by addressing the following questions:
What are the benefits and drawbacks of giving judges wide discretion to determine the sentence of individual offenders? Do you think that judicial authority in this area should be limited by legislative measures such as mandatory minimum sentencing laws? Why or why not?
6.Consider the possible punishments for Nick, as described in this scenario: twenty years in prison or five years of probation. Which of the four main sentencing philosophies—retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation—support the twenty-year prison term? Which of the philosophies support five years of probation? Would a life sentence for Nick be justified by its possible deterrent effect? Explain your answer.
7 .The central issues in Community-Based Corrections revolve around the question of whether a probationer or parolee should be returned to prison for committing a technical violation. Explain your choices in this scenario by addressing the following questions:
Suppose State A passed a law mandating that nonviolent drug-related crimes could only be punished by probation, with the length of the probationary term reflecting the relative seriousness of the crime. What would be the benefits of this law? What would be the obvious drawbacks?
8.In this scenario, in the role of either a probation officer or a parole board member, you were given the choice of either allowing a low-level offender to continue serving his sentence in the community or making it likely he would be sent to prison for a technical violation. What choice did you make? Why? Which, if any, of the justifications for community corrections—reintegration, diversion, or cost cutting—do you think applies to Lawrence or Terrance’s situation? Explain your answer
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