Correctional Institutions Population in Florida

Introduction

Crimes such as murder, manslaughter, treason, arson, sexual offense, robbery with violence, war crimes, drug dealing, organ dealing, kidnapping, amongst others, are considered felonies since they are crimes of high magnitude. While battery, minor assault, theft, and petty offenses are mostly considered misdemeanors. In Florida, from the statistics shown in the link, it is visible that they did not value the need to punish offenders according to the weight of their offense and instead preferred to send them to rehabilitation or probation centers.

According to (Community Corrections Population, 2017), the population distribution shows white males are the highest in offense, followed by black men than women. They all fall under the middle age group of 30-40. Consequently, theft/fraud/forgery is the biggest crime, a sign that the community is filled with jobless people thus poverty. Manslaughter or murder are distinctively present in the community, although not as proficient as sexual...

Hence, no violent crime offenders should prison and serve long sentences to deter other want-to-be offenders. Probation officers are not in a position to rehabilitate a murderer or a sexual offender because they already possess Actus Rea, which will be a motivating factor for recidivism. Alternatively, first-time offenders, due to maybe self-defense or any other reason found...…followed to the latter. And should there be a violation of probation, the offender will be charged separately.

Moreover, whether the offender has been involved in criminal activities before also comes in handy. A recidivist cannot be probated since they are a threat to both society and themselves. It is mainly said that recidivists tend to influence other innocent individuals with actus rea and the rewards of crime and forget risks.

After looking at all these facts, it is only then that I can draw my conclusion as to who deserves probation and why. For example, a first-time offender is generally scared and allowed to repeat would never want to find themselves in that position. Thus, until recently, the…