Severity Of Crime Control

Crime control takes a balance of different tactics to keep criminals off the street, but the most current one used is certainty of punishment. When a criminal knows that they will be caught and punished, they are more likely to rethink their current actions and possibly make a better decision. Now we focus more on the severity of punishment. I think severity is the most important aspect now because the criminal justice system has made it apparent that offenders will be caught, and punished. Furthermore, the system now must prove that the punishment being given is harsh enough to cause a criminal to not want to be caught, or to commit that crime or other crimes again. Without a strong punishment, certainty would not have the power it does. Society
also likes knowing that when a person is caught, their punishment will keep them off the street, and out of their backyard. Many times, we hear how families of someone who was hurt or injured think that the sentence given from the court to the offender is not long enough, so pushing more time on the criminals makes those associated with the case, and anyone else, feel like justice was truly served in their opinion. Unfortunately, I think that we do have harsh punishments for the criminals, but when they arrive in jail, they may become too comfortable there and would prefer to be in the system rather than on the streets. Which means that people may not take prison or jail time as seriously as the system wants them to.