Crime & Punishment in America

Crime & Punishment in America After reading and discussing the required books for this class, a multitude of issues concerning the deficiencies of our criminal justice system have been presented. Prison overcrowding, the overrepresentation of minorities, and the efficiency of our prisons have created ongoing debates. Currie, like previous authors, exemplifies these problems among the pages yet offers more coherent explanations and draws more realistic conclusions regarding these matters. In Crime & Punishment in America, the author …

…preventative and proactive justice system is logical. We need to begin by redefining our goals and taking a step back to examine our incarceration epidemic. We must use alternatives, and if they do not work we need to improve them. And lastly, we cannot forget about the people in need of social support or opportunities. It is time to help America’s social problems as a society, instead of leaving that task to the prisons.