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A 12 page research paper that explores the sentencing options youth conferencing and retributive justice, as it pertains to Australia. The writer also discusses the aboriginal Koori Court and how these alternative sentencing forums offer justice within a cultural context that should facilitate preventing recidivism with young offenders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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12 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khausmag.rtf
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a 90 minute confrontation that involved a riot squad and occurred on Australia Day (Clarke, 2004). West Australians were shocked when a seventeen-year-old youth who was at the center of
a riot in Kalamunda, which left eleven police officers injured, was allowed to walk free from a Perth Childrens Court without being fined or jailed (Clarke, 2004). In response
to these and other events, one West Australian MP Frank Hough has suggested that the government legalize caning as a sentencing option for juvenile offenders (Clarke, 2004). While such
a step would undoubtedly gratify the anger of adult citizens who are outraged at the behavior of youthful offenders, such a reaction does not address the central question posed by
any criminal justice practice -- that is, "Does it work?" The student researching this topic presents the research question as requiring a personal opinion: i.e., "What sentencing options do you
believe a magistrate should have after convicting a young person of a crime?" Consequently, this paper will be organized as an argumentative essay supporting the writers personal opinion. However, the
student should only use this as a guide and present his or her own personal opinion in writing the students own paper. Police and policymakers are primarily concerned with whether
or not a specific practice reduces recidivism or has some constructive impact on those who are addressed by the criminal justice system (Hayes and Daly, 2003). Justice systems, throughout
history, have primarily relied on punitive measures for enforcing the law, that is, they have assumed that the threat of punishment works as a prohibition against illegal behavior. However, the
courts continue to be crowded in all Western countries and the punitive sentences imposed on juveniles, rather than deterring crime, appear to promote the evolution of career criminals who re-offend
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