Now this may be a fine way to prevent a sex offender from acting again, and keeping them from the public and our children. However, I fail to see this as the proper solution. As said in the video, it costs more to keep sexual offenders in these centers, than in a prison. If one is a threat or could still be a threat to society, their place is in prison not a civil commitment center.
The main concern that comes of this is the amount of money being spent on this program. The video speaks about California having the largest amount of Civil Commitment centers; California also has the lowest level of college graduates and is in a crisis with its educational system, this all being due to the state’s low level of educational spending.
The millions being spent on making these centers so luxurious, it can be used to fix up the states educational systems and shape up the future of the state, among other things. The sex offenders will be just as harmless behind a cell, as they will be inside one of these centers. And who is to say which patient is honestly mentally fit to stay at one of these luxurious centers, as they pay for it to be.
Commitment Centers are centers in which individuals go to after their prison sentences are over, if the government says that they are not mentally ready for the real world. That is something that is completley understandable. Why would anyone want a criminal to be mentally challenged and could be dangerous to the real world be released? No one wants someone that can caused danger again to be out in society. Which is completely understandable and true. However, IF these criminals are mentally challenged and could be a harm to the world, then they should be held in these centers, but centers that aren't as luxurious as the government is making them. One thing they have to keep in mind is that these are criminals.
The lives of children could be made easier over the life of a criminal; I for one see more potential in a child’s life.
Oakes Jeannie, Rogers John, Terriquez Veronica, Valladares Siomara. California Educational Opportunity Report.” Extras. 2006.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site200/2006/0322/20060322_080844_EOR_2006_full.PDF
http://nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2007/03/04/us/20070304_CIVIL_FEATURE.html
1 comment:
Hila,
Interesting beginning here, but I only see one blog. Remember, we're all doing two blogs per week, generally (see schedule).
As for references, if you use the academic reference section, make sure to have author name, date accessed, title of page, etc. A great resource for this is dianahacker.com/resdoc. You can choose MLA or APA style there. You also don't have to have references each time. You hyperlinked on this entry, so that's fine. But I'd also suggest burying the hyperlink into a word (it makes the text flow smoother). We can review this in class tomorrow.
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