Sentencing guidelines are determined through best practice research and public policies. Criminal justice practitioners must be well-informed regarding public policies and trends that impact sentencing in order to uphold best practices. In this summative assessment, you look at TN state’s sentencing guidelines for 2 crimes, as well as the public policies that influenced them.
Research examples of sentencing guidelines for 2 specific crimes in TN state and the public policies that influenced these guidelines.
Write a 1,750-word analysis of sentencing guidelines and the related public policies. Address the following in your paper:
- Identify the 2 crimes you researched.
- Describe the sentencing guidelines in TN state for each crime.
- Compare the sentencing guidelines for adult offenders and juvenile offenders for each crime.
- Compare the sentencing guidelines of TN state to the guidelines of TX state and the guidelines at the federal level for each crime.
- Describe public policies and trends that influenced the sentencing guidelines in TN state for the crimes you researched.
- Explain the impetus for the public policies and data that supported the public policies.
- Propose a change to the sentencing policies in your state for the crimes researched and substantiate your proposal with support from research on the benefits of this change.
