Unit 4 AS: Parole and Sentencing
This assessment will require you to conduct research into indeterminate and determinate sentencing practices. Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with at least three (3) credible resources, which may include the class textbook as well as journal articles or periodicals from the Internet or from the KU Library.
Comprise a minimum 2-page essay, and please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. Please conduct the necessary research in an effort to effectively discuss, analyze and evaluate the following questions:
What is the main difference between determinate sentencing and indeterminate sentencing?
Discuss at least one (1) argument, which advocates will espouse in support of indeterminate sentencing.
Discuss at least one (1) argument, which advocates will espouse in support of determinate sentencing.
Explain why states continue to revise their positions with respect to determinate sentencing and indeterminate sentencing as there seems to be a “cyclical” stance concerning the same.
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