Impact of Various Sentencing Models in Corrections Assignment Military University Analyze the impact that various sentencing models have had on corrections As part of your analysis you must discuss at least two 2 different sentencing models In our society an individual can be sentenced for a crime under three conditions One they are found guilty of a criminal offense Two they pled guilty to a criminal offense Three they pled nolo contendere no contest to a criminal offense The sentencing will then be imposed by either a judge or a jury The United States has no single sentencing model that is used today Until the 1970s indeterminate sentencing was dominant and most states gave judges and parole boards wide discretion in sentencing offenders Zhang 2014 With indeterminate sentencing an offender had no idea how long their sentence could be Determinate sentencing is seen more often today Through incapacitation determinate sentencing is designed to increase punishment s certainty severity and celerity by removing discretion from unpredictable judges and parole boards Greenwood Abrahamse 1982 As sentencing models have changed and developed over the years it has caused an impact on corrections agencies and how they handle inmates In the beginning of the twentieth century society s goal with sentencing was rehabilitation With rehabilitation the goal is to modify an offender's behavior so that they no longer continue to commit crimes This began to change in the 1970 s when society wanted to focus on fairness and justice
