BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW ASSIGNMENT
For the Biblical Worldview Assignment in this course, you are to write a short essay that critically examines the literature review that you submitted in Module/Week 3 and constructively identifies the gaps and omissions in the literature where a biblical worldview should be internalized and expressed in the life of the criminal justice professional. Your paper must be at least 2 pages. For the first page, it is important that you make the distinction of where and on what grounds the literature comes up short as it relates to what the research has for us versus what God has for us. For the second page, you must demonstrate how you might integrate the biblical worldview into the problem you are studying. Organize and format your paper according to current APA style and cite your references as you would in current APA style. If you need more help understanding how to analyze scholastic literature, consult the corresponding section in your APA manual. Your short essay will be due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 5.
Include the following elements in your short essay:
- A page that critically exposes the gaps or omissions in the literature regarding a biblical worldview
- A page that constructively integrates the biblical worldview into the problem you are studying
- Bibliography of the sources you cited in the short essay
Review the Biblical Worldview Grading Rubric to see how this assignment will be evaluated.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.
Running Head: INCARCERATION 1
INCARCERATION 3
INCARCERATION
Liberty University
Alfreda Dunlap
June 2, 2019
Mass Incarceration
Proposed topic
I am going to be researching mass incarceration.
Proposed thesis statement
Mass incarceration has a negative effect on the nation.
References
Alexander, M. (2015). The new Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of colorblindness. Academic Search Complete. Web. 28 July 2016.
The author explains the significance of being alert about mass incarceration. Moreover, the author says that most of the people are not aware of the high statistics as well as the high rate that occurs with minors being incarceration. In the book, the writer mentions the reasons as to why African American are put in prisons and jails in the nation. Some of the reasons why African Americans are put into prison include the race, lack of adequate resources as well as the economic system.
This article is important since it is related to mass incarceration that happens in most countries. The information in the article was written in the last five years; therefore, it is credible. Jim laws legalized the segregation or separation of white people and African Americans.
Austin, J., Cadora, E., Clear, T. R., Dansky, K., Greene, J., Gupta, V. & Young, M. C. (2017). Ending mass incarceration: Charting a new justice reinvestment. Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project.
In the book, the writers describe some of the answers that could be used to finish mass incarceration. According to the authors, prison systems are a no longer correctional institution or rehabilitation system; instead, the system has become a way to reduce the number of prisoners that are currently in jail or prison. The suggestions that the authors made aims at decreasing the number of prisoners
The article connects to the main topic since it describes some of the ways to end mass incarceration. The article provides information from the National Criminal Justice Reference Services. Also, the article provides data on how to decrease the number of reoccurring prisoners.
Mass incarceration, (2017). American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.aclu.org/issues/mass-incarceration
This book describes the amount of money that citizen pays as tax to support the prison system that has more than 2 million prisoners. America represents around 5% of the world’s people. Also, America prisons represent 25% of the world’s imprisonment rate. The writer further states the amount that is spent yearly to keep prisoner incarceration as well as the amount that the criminal justice system is making from every prisoner.
The book relates to the topic since it gives the exact amount of many that taxpayers spend in keeping one prisoner as well as the amount that the criminal justice system gets per prisoners. Also, the article also provides accurate data that can be used to analyze and evaluate the rate of mass incarceration. The article was written in 2017.
Pelaez, V., (2014). The prison industry in the United States: Big business or a new form of slavery? Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization.
In the book, the author describes the historical perspective of the prison system in the United States. The author further says that prison has always been a way of acquiring free labor; most people refer to this as slavery.
There are a lot of stakeholders that invest in prisons. The more people are incarceration, the more the income that stakeholders get. This article relates to the topic in that it provides the historical view of the prison system. The author has also written a lot of articles about inequities in the prison system
Reiman, J., & Leighton, P., (2015). The rich get richer, and the poor get prison: Ideology, class, and criminal justice. Routledge.
The authors explain incarcerating in urban society. The writers explain that the prison system has become a business whereby prison stakeholders gain from every inmate through taxpayers. Many people working in the government become richer. Poor people are being put in prison.
In the book, the author describes the race, criminal justice, as well as the class. The book relates to mass incarceration. Research shows that most people in prison are poor; only a few people are from rich families. If nothing is done, the prison system will keep attacking the poor community. The book further explains the ideology, as well as statistics as to why the poor are in prison and the rich, are becoming richer.
Wagner, P., & Rabuy, B., (2016). Mass incarceration: The whole pie 2016. Prison Policy Initiative, 14. Retrieved from http://www.antoniocasella.eu/nume/Wagner_Rabuy_14mar17.pdf
The number of prisoners in America is more than 2 million. The prisoners are in the 1719 state prisons, 3163 local prisons, 76 Indian country jail and 901 are in the juvenile facilities. Majority of the people are locked up due to drug abuse. A few people are in prison due to murder or serial killers. Also, the author compares some of the states that have ended the war on drugs. The author demonstrates this through the use of charts.
Moreover, the writer or author demonstrates gender disparities in jail and prison. There are more men in prison as compared to women. According to the ethnic and racial disparities in jail and prison. The writer states that there are more black people in prison as compared to white people. This can be due to the economic class of black people. The author further says that 16,000 people are in the federal prison due to immigration-related issues. 41,00 people have been separated from criminal proceedings. Most imprisoned youth are in prison because of non-violence crimes. More than one million people are arrested every year due to drug possessions. Statistics also show that most of the people in prison are from poor backgrounds.
The article is related to the topic since it gives accurate statistics about the reasons for imprisonment. According to the article, more than half of the people in prison are accused of drug possessions. The statistics also show the majority of people in prison are black. Also, the article has graphs that represent statistics in prison. There were many men as compared to women who were in prison. The article states that if drug policies were reviewed, then this would end mass incarceration. The number of prisoners in some countries has reduced due to the reform of drug policies. The author further says that we should focus our energy on the role of federal law in ending or stopping incarceration, prosecutors and state officials should rethink about the war on drugs, and the government should also implement reforms that reduce ethnicity and racial disparities.
