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Essay application 4
Criminal Justice Research and Writing (Liberty
University)
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Many factors may minimize congestion and expenditures while yet sustaining a system of
justice. Throughout our nation, they have jails which are faith-based missions. These jails give
spiritual direction, programs that provide support in rehabilitation efforts, monetary
reimbursement for program materials, and even offer programs that assist with living which
includes lessons and supervision. These sorts of initiatives assist sustain a system of justice
since it is an alternative to utilizing jail. These jails enable all offenders from all various sorts of
backgrounds the opportunity to turn their life around and encourage them to be productive
members of society. With these programs, the offenders will be able to develop the life skills
required via these programs and be able to become a benefit to the community and not just
themselves. It is the text that tells us that “both offenders and non-offenders alike are to live a
changed life distinguishing what we ought to do, and not to do” (Phil. 1.9, ESV) (Phil. 1.9,
ESV). Alone this material might be applied to alternate imprisonment ways. All criminals must
go through rehabilitation, but we have to all open our minds to all the numerous types of
rehabilitations that is available instead of simply stating that the violated the law, thus they must
be thrown behind bars. While reading and looking over everything, I was able to identify least
five distinct techniques that can be utilized to have an effect. The first one would be electronic
surveillance while being restricted to home. This will provide the offenders the choice to consult
a Christian counselor if they would desire to. Being in your own house would provide them the
option to undergo Christian therapy in an environment they are more familiar with, so they may
recover spiritually and morally. There is also probation where with this sort of technique, one
would be answerable directly to an officer as well as the community. During probation you may
have a Christian mentor, you can get aid in seeking job, and doing all kinds of various things.
According to (Hendrix, 2013) this may help the state save around 60,000 each year. Another way
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would be divided sentence and shock probation. This technique would incorporate both
probation and imprisonment. With this, the imprisonment time is generally shorter. This way
might save money and at the same time enable justice to be served while helping prevent the
long-term overpopulation. Boot camp and monitoring following imprisonment may be included
in this. Intensive probation supervision (IPS) is another strategy that would enable criminals to
stay in the community instead of as long as they do satisfy mandated and ongoing meetings. This
sort of approach delivers a high degree of responsibility which makes it an intensive form of
method. You may have a greater success percentage with this if you work in-depth with an
officer frequently. You may also request that a Christian counselor be involved in these as well.
Lastly, there is the Christian halfway house. These Christian groups take in criminals and help
rehabilitate them. With the half-way home, you direct Christian counseling, employment aid,
Christian service as well as having a mentoring and fellowship with Christians. This also will
assist save on money as well as overpopulation. Offenders can also transform like Christ would
like them to. It is the text that reads, “All scripture is breathed out by God and useful for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (Timothy 3:16, ESV)
(Timothy 3:16, ESV). Through all of them, I would have to answer that I feel the most
successful one would be intense probation monitoring. For the government, this would be
desirable since more stringent probation would mean there is less of a possibility that the
offender would have community service work to undertake. This will also enable the criminal to
be rehabilitated into the society. When criminals are being welcomed back into society by
Christians, it puts them at a greater spiritual change with all these things together would suggest
that a person is being handled entirely. (Alternative methods to incarceration are a reinstatement
into society” (Alternatives, 2015). (Alternatives, 2015).
