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Prison Term Policy The members of the state legislature have hired me, a criminologist advisor to work for the state implementing a new bill on doubling a maximum sentence for anyone convicted of armed robbery. As a criminologist advisor, I have been chosen to provide the state legislature with a prison term policy on armed robbery. Shortly, the state legislature will be voting on the new bill. The new bill is to determine if the new prison term policy should affect anyone convicted of an armed robbery crime to be given a double maximum sentence. As a criminologist advisor, I will research and make recommendations if I believe if a new bill in place will do any good. The bill for the maximum prison sentence is popular among the people on the state legislature board. Although, the bill is popular among the board members, the boss hires you to research the situation because he wonders if the new bill will be to the advantage of rehabilitation to the violator and to society. Included will be a recommendation and the reasons why the recommendations were chosen.

Included in my paper, I will define the following word, prison term policy, robbery, and armed robbery so clarification can be obtained. The prison term policy will determines if a policy should remain the same or if changes should be implemented in some sort of wa...

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... times before. According to the crimologist, the punishment which a violator commit should be greater than the crime which was commited.

The following recommendations for the prison term policy for an individual who has comitted armed robbery is as follow: Every individual is a repeat violator of an armed robbery will do a maxium sentence of 10-20 years. Along, with the 10-20 years, 10 -15 years of probabtion will be added. The violator will be responsible for paying a restoration fee, doubling the severity of the damage done. Along with paying a restoration fee, the violator will be espected to surdue to a monthly drug screen.

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