Comparing Punishment And The Criminal Justice System
Punishment
Punishment (*1) ['pʌnɪʃmənt]
1. (Law) a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
2. (Law) the act of punishing or state of being punished
3. Informal rough treatment
4. (Psychology) Psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
(As defined by freedefinition.com)
Punishment is our current most exercised consequence for bringing justice to those victims of criminals by incarcerating offenders in a jail or prison, as well as other forms such as the community service, probation, and even the death penalty. While jail and/or prison life is necessary to protect the public by confining criminals away from public harm, I believe that “only” punishing dangerous criminals is simply not enough. …show more content…
I think it takes an incredible amount of control for a person to admit to themselves their issues and correct them alone. It can be done but it is more likely assistance will be involved. I think today’s criminal justice system is not as efficient as it was created or intended to be. Whether or not it is the lack of funds or educated people to assist in the process, it needs improvement. The United States has the highest criminal standings and I think if we utilized the rehabilitation system correctly, we could reduce these statistics drastically. How does this get accomplished? Do we raise taxes again? Take more money away from schools? I cannot answer these questions alone but I feel without concentrating on this issue and offering criminals who deserve or have the right to the rehabilitation process, we will have a constant cycle of repeat offenders. I feel that our lack of aggressive punishments and strict rehabilitation is more or less giving the offenders an “option”. They do not fear the law and are not intimidated by the possible punishments. They know they will not lose a hand if they steal which is how other countries punish their thieves. We need to eliminate the “option” mentality and take control of our communities. If you commit a crime, you WILL do the …show more content…
Knowing a car thief could bunk with a murderer would be a great deterrence in committing any crime. I feel that society no longer fears punishment or consequences. Laws should not differ pending your financial situation or you media status. In other words, it should not matter if you are Lindsey Lohan or a homeless person stealing to survive, the law is the law. Once we instill the fear of strict consequences for your actions, I think less crime will be committed. When crime is low there are open jail cells and the issue of expanding our prisons or releasing offenders early due to overcrowding will no longer be an issue. We may even have the ability and finances to concentrate on our rehabilitation process. There may be more one on one attention with offenders which could reduce some of the current statistics and could be more beneficial to the offenders and to
Punishment (*1) ['pʌnɪʃmənt]
1. (Law) a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
2. (Law) the act of punishing or state of being punished
3. Informal rough treatment
4. (Psychology) Psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
(As defined by freedefinition.com)
Punishment is our current most exercised consequence for bringing justice to those victims of criminals by incarcerating offenders in a jail or prison, as well as other forms such as the community service, probation, and even the death penalty. While jail and/or prison life is necessary to protect the public by confining criminals away from public harm, I believe that “only” punishing dangerous criminals is simply not enough. …show more content…
I think it takes an incredible amount of control for a person to admit to themselves their issues and correct them alone. It can be done but it is more likely assistance will be involved. I think today’s criminal justice system is not as efficient as it was created or intended to be. Whether or not it is the lack of funds or educated people to assist in the process, it needs improvement. The United States has the highest criminal standings and I think if we utilized the rehabilitation system correctly, we could reduce these statistics drastically. How does this get accomplished? Do we raise taxes again? Take more money away from schools? I cannot answer these questions alone but I feel without concentrating on this issue and offering criminals who deserve or have the right to the rehabilitation process, we will have a constant cycle of repeat offenders. I feel that our lack of aggressive punishments and strict rehabilitation is more or less giving the offenders an “option”. They do not fear the law and are not intimidated by the possible punishments. They know they will not lose a hand if they steal which is how other countries punish their thieves. We need to eliminate the “option” mentality and take control of our communities. If you commit a crime, you WILL do the …show more content…
Knowing a car thief could bunk with a murderer would be a great deterrence in committing any crime. I feel that society no longer fears punishment or consequences. Laws should not differ pending your financial situation or you media status. In other words, it should not matter if you are Lindsey Lohan or a homeless person stealing to survive, the law is the law. Once we instill the fear of strict consequences for your actions, I think less crime will be committed. When crime is low there are open jail cells and the issue of expanding our prisons or releasing offenders early due to overcrowding will no longer be an issue. We may even have the ability and finances to concentrate on our rehabilitation process. There may be more one on one attention with offenders which could reduce some of the current statistics and could be more beneficial to the offenders and to