Craft an initial post of at least 200 words that thoroughly addresses the following elements:

1. In Chapter 11 you learned about the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals.
   • Briefly discuss these four reasons in your own words.
   • Which of these sentencing reasons is demonstrated in the stories of Timothy Tyler and Scott Walker? Discuss.
   • Are there any circumstances under which you think a nonviolent criminal deserves to spend his/her life in prison? What sentencing philosophies are behind your reasoning? Discuss.
2. Consider the structure of sentencing that you learned about in Chapter 11.
   • What are federal sentencing guidelines and why were they created?
   • How did sentencing guidelines affect incarceration rates in the United States?
3. Consider the information on Inmate Population Trends in Chapter 13 of your text.
   • Which of the Inmate Population Trends discussed on pages 434-436 in Chapter 13 of your text are relevant to the story about Tyler and Walker?
   • What is decarceration?
   • Do you agree with decarceration trends? Why or why not?

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