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Punitive, and correctional system in the United states of America in contrast with the German, Norwegian and Netherlands systems.
• Introduction to US criminal justice system
• A general outlook of the German, Norway, and Netherlands criminal justice system
• A thesis statement
Similarities
Opening statement
Classification of prisons
• security levels
• Prisons differentiated based on age, and sex.
Operations within incarceration facilities
• Compulsory work duties and vacations
• Compensation for work
Access to amenities
• Leisure activities
• Education and skill improvement opportunities
Differences
Opening statement
Basic and foundational principle of the criminal justice system,
• Rates of imprisonment
• US is punitive/retribution and neutralization
• German, Norway, and Netherlands is rehabilitation and re-integration to society
• Routines and environmental settings of prisons
• Solitary confinement in the US
• Prison sizes are smaller and crowded in the US
• The use of imprisonment
• Netherlands, German, and Norway sparingly used and short
• US mass incarceration and considerably long
• Alternatives to imprisonment used in German, Norway, and Netherlands
2. Length of jail term
• For same crimes: jail term longer in US than in German, Norway, and Netherlands
3. Connection with the society
• German, Norway, and Netherlands prisoners maintain their status and rights as citizens e.g. voting
• US prisoners suffer reduced access to social welfare programs
• In Netherlands, German, and Norway prisoners have weekends off for family
4. Correction and judgment delivery procedures
• Judgments involving jail terms are more widely delivered in America
• US criminal justice has punitive meaner for all offences where Netherlands, Norway, and German have alternatives measures
• Netherlands, German, and Norway reward satisfactory prison conduct, contrary to the US
5. Sentencing
• US Federal government sets upper and lower sentencing limits
• Judge hands down judgment in US, while in the others it's the judge or a judicial panel
• In Norway, Netherlands, and German, judgment process involves four parties while in the US; it's either two or three.
Conclusion
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