Tough-on-crime lawmakers, according to the report, abandoned three - TopicsExpress



          

Tough-on-crime lawmakers, according to the report, abandoned three key principles — moral guidelines — that, prior to the 1970s, served to underpin the legitimacy of prisons and limited the severity of punishments. In the absence of these guidelines, the council found that both state and federal prison policies shifted from a focus on rehabilitation as the predominant purpose of punishment to just desserts, or retribution, as the primary goal. nj/opinion/index.ssf/2014/12/opinion_americas_prison_policy_has_lost_its_moral_compass.html via NJ
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:20:15 +0000

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