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This paper examines the U.S. justice system and how it sometimes ends up breeding violent criminals. The paper also suggests alternatives to interring non-violent criminals in jails and prisons. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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than white men. Some rather outdated statistics, in fact, give rise to the fact that Washington, D.C., which is among the heaviest minority cities in the United States, has become
the nations "murder capital" (Szykowny, 1994). This gives rise to all kinds of unfortunate ethnic stereotypes concerning blacks and their tendency to
drift toward crime. While one can blame society to a certain extent for this problem, it could be postulated that perhaps the justice system and prisons are to blame as
well - the concept of "lock em and leave em" simply does nothing more than turn criminals into harder and more desperate criminals once they are released on society once
again. Jerome Miller, executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives, was interviewed for an article for The Humanist
Magazine in 1994, and outlined some humane alternatives to the current strategy of incarceration and retribution (Szykowny, 1994). Some of the alternatives that the NCIA has developed have included community
service, restitution to the victim, forms of supervision in the community and drug or alcohol treatment programs as opposed to jail time (Szykowny, 1994). "We try to do for the
average offender what a thinking, compassionate, middle-class parent or brother or son would do for someone in their family, were they in trouble," Miller said (Szykowny, 1994, p. 9). Part
of the problem, Miller contended, is that the so-called "criminal justice system" seems to be more destructive than helpful (Szykowny, 1994). According to Miller, 80 percent of people who are
jailed are brought there for misdemeanors and lesser felonies (Szykowny, 1994). A lot of this isnt even drug-related, but public-order offenses, such as intoxication, trespassing and minor shoplifting (Szykowny, 1994).
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