Crime & Punishment in the U.S.

in the contemporary United States. The research emphasis in the ì

study was placed on the development of recommended approaches to ì

corrections to reduce the rate of recidivism among youthful ì

offenders. The reasoning underlying this approach to the study ì

of crime and punishment in the United States was that the ì

reduction of recidivism among youthful offenders would over the ì

long-term be manifested in reduced overall crime rates in the ì

Chapter 1, which follows this introduction to the study, ì

examines the phenomenon of crime in the contemporary United ì

States. Some contemporary and innovative approaches to ì

corrections in the United States are examined in Chapter 2. ì

Suggested approaches to corrections for the future are presented ì

in Chapter 3, which concluded the study.ì

CRIME IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATESì

Criminal anti-social behavior in the 1990s is shockingly ì

high and increasing in frequency.¼  3.ls1

1D. Steffensmeier, and C. Streifel, "Age, Gender, and Crime ì

Across Three Historical Periods," Social Forces, 69 (March 1991): ì

important in the determination of what constitutes criminal ì

deviance in society, and in the developme

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ged that federal programs seldom provide a coherent ì ì perspective at the local level, and that state programs most ì ì often target rural areas. ì  ääá It also has been suggested that many of urban riots could ì ì been prevented, if the abrasive relationships between police and ì ì minority citizens had been alleviated. The riot in Los Angeles ì ì in 1992 following the acquittal of police officers accused in the ì ì Rodney King beating incident sparked comments similar to those ì ì made nearly 30 years ago in the wake of the Watts riot. Thus, ì ì the conditions underlying social deterioration in American ì ì communities do not appear to have changed. The cumulative ì ì effects of such neglect imply that each successive riot will be ì ì worse than the last.ì .pa ¦- á2
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-  è ¦¦! Chapter 2ì    ! APPROACHES TO CORRECTIONSì  ääá The disposition of criminal cases by the courts in the ì ì United States has been sharply criticized for being ineffective ì ì in the deterrence of both repeat and first time offenses. Most ì ì of the theoretical studies devoted to the discovery of ways to ì ì reduce crime rates emphasize one of
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