法律英语3.ppt
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It is very expensive to put a man on trial and keep him in jail.
Alternative sentence
▪ Good for young offenders
▪ It is applied only to nonviolent criminals who are not likely to be dangerous to the public, such as forgers, shoplifters, and drivers who have caused traffic accidents.
▪ A dentist convicted of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk has been condemned to fix the teeth of the poor and the elderly at his own expense one day a week for a full year.
▪ Another drunk driver (age nineteen) was ordered to work in the emergency room of a hospital once a week for three years, so that he could see for himself the results of careless driving.
their salary.
Advantages of the creative justice
▪ It reduces prison crowding, while has been responsible for much violence and crime among inmates.
It saves a great deal of money, and decreases the chances of bad influence and repeated offences. It provides some help to the victims, who have always been neglected in the past.
Unit 22
Creative Justice
Main idea
The traditional way of throwing criminals in jail is to see the guilty punished and society protected.
What the judges are trying to find is the kind of punishment that will not only be just, but useful to society. “This is true justice”.
Cases of the creative justice
▪ A thief who had stolen some equipment from a farmer had to raise a pig and a calf for his victim. A former city treasurer, guilty of dishonest actions, was put to raising money for the Red Cross, and the president of a film company, who had forged $43,000 worth of checks, had to make a film about the danger of drugs, to be shown in schools. The project cost him $45,000, besides the fine that he had been sentenced to pay.
Disadvantages of putting the criminal in jail
▪ A young thief who spends time in jail receives a thorough education in crime from his fellow prisoners. They are exposed to dangerous company.
Willingly or not, he has to associate with tough criminals who will drag him into more serious offences, more prison terms --- a life of repeated wrongdoing that will leave a trail of victims and cost the community a great deal of money
It is beneficial to the offenders themselves, by forcing them to see the effects of their crimes and the people who have suffered from them.
Cases of creative justice
Alternative sentence
▪ Paying for their crime by helFra Baidu biblioteking their victims, financially or otherwise.
▪ Doing unpaid labor for their community ▪ Working for the poor and the mentally ill ▪ Cleaning the streets of their town ▪ Collecting litter or plant trees ▪ Taking a job and repay their victims our of
Alternative sentence
▪ Good for young offenders
▪ It is applied only to nonviolent criminals who are not likely to be dangerous to the public, such as forgers, shoplifters, and drivers who have caused traffic accidents.
▪ A dentist convicted of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk has been condemned to fix the teeth of the poor and the elderly at his own expense one day a week for a full year.
▪ Another drunk driver (age nineteen) was ordered to work in the emergency room of a hospital once a week for three years, so that he could see for himself the results of careless driving.
their salary.
Advantages of the creative justice
▪ It reduces prison crowding, while has been responsible for much violence and crime among inmates.
It saves a great deal of money, and decreases the chances of bad influence and repeated offences. It provides some help to the victims, who have always been neglected in the past.
Unit 22
Creative Justice
Main idea
The traditional way of throwing criminals in jail is to see the guilty punished and society protected.
What the judges are trying to find is the kind of punishment that will not only be just, but useful to society. “This is true justice”.
Cases of the creative justice
▪ A thief who had stolen some equipment from a farmer had to raise a pig and a calf for his victim. A former city treasurer, guilty of dishonest actions, was put to raising money for the Red Cross, and the president of a film company, who had forged $43,000 worth of checks, had to make a film about the danger of drugs, to be shown in schools. The project cost him $45,000, besides the fine that he had been sentenced to pay.
Disadvantages of putting the criminal in jail
▪ A young thief who spends time in jail receives a thorough education in crime from his fellow prisoners. They are exposed to dangerous company.
Willingly or not, he has to associate with tough criminals who will drag him into more serious offences, more prison terms --- a life of repeated wrongdoing that will leave a trail of victims and cost the community a great deal of money
It is beneficial to the offenders themselves, by forcing them to see the effects of their crimes and the people who have suffered from them.
Cases of creative justice
Alternative sentence
▪ Paying for their crime by helFra Baidu biblioteking their victims, financially or otherwise.
▪ Doing unpaid labor for their community ▪ Working for the poor and the mentally ill ▪ Cleaning the streets of their town ▪ Collecting litter or plant trees ▪ Taking a job and repay their victims our of