Instrumental And Non-Instrumental Corrections In The Criminal Justice System
Introduction
The criminal law is body of rules (laws) and statutes that define the conducts that are prohibited by the government of that county or province because it threatens and harms the public’s safety and welfare, the law outlines punishments that can be executed as commission for acts that defy the law (The free dictionary, 2017). The criminal law is in place not only to punish and control the offender but to also offer them a considerable measure of protection through the judicial system of punishment and control. The criminal law provides and distils a feeling and place of safety and well-being whilst providing justice and deterring crime. Within the criminal justice system, there are practices in use to identify how an offender is classed and treated an example of these are instrumental factors and non-instrumental factors. Instrumental functions are purposes of control and prevention, deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacitation. It aims to deter offenders and stop them from re-committing any crime, practices in place to deter criminals are jail, juvenile detention, corrections facilities and watch lists. Non-Instrumental functions are factors that act as retribution, the imposition of limits and promoting the censure of wrong-doing (stating clear disapproval of certain actions). It aims to inflict suitable …show more content…
An analysis of the two core areas of instrumental and non-instrumental functions will be conducted which will look at the purpose of the two and what research says about them. The main contention of this essay is to determine what the criminal law seeks to accomplish and how instrumental and non-instrumental functions work to make to aim
The criminal law is body of rules (laws) and statutes that define the conducts that are prohibited by the government of that county or province because it threatens and harms the public’s safety and welfare, the law outlines punishments that can be executed as commission for acts that defy the law (The free dictionary, 2017). The criminal law is in place not only to punish and control the offender but to also offer them a considerable measure of protection through the judicial system of punishment and control. The criminal law provides and distils a feeling and place of safety and well-being whilst providing justice and deterring crime. Within the criminal justice system, there are practices in use to identify how an offender is classed and treated an example of these are instrumental factors and non-instrumental factors. Instrumental functions are purposes of control and prevention, deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacitation. It aims to deter offenders and stop them from re-committing any crime, practices in place to deter criminals are jail, juvenile detention, corrections facilities and watch lists. Non-Instrumental functions are factors that act as retribution, the imposition of limits and promoting the censure of wrong-doing (stating clear disapproval of certain actions). It aims to inflict suitable …show more content…
An analysis of the two core areas of instrumental and non-instrumental functions will be conducted which will look at the purpose of the two and what research says about them. The main contention of this essay is to determine what the criminal law seeks to accomplish and how instrumental and non-instrumental functions work to make to aim