Deterrence In The 21st Century

Deterrence has been around for ages, well at least since the 1700’s or so, and in this time they would broadcast the offender in front of the whole town along with letting everyone know what he/she did to deserve this. For the more serious offenses such as, murder and treason, criminals were hung or sentenced to death in some manner. Amid the eighteenth century, the quantity of violations that were rebuffed by hanging rose to around 200. In this time people were less sympathetic than they were in years to come, seeing as at the time of the hanging the air about it was festive, and among all of the chaos, quite often there were riots that broke out in the crowd. There was regularly sensitivity for the individual going to be hanged and the group …show more content…
At the same time the methods used are different, people today believe it is desensitized to get closure by killing another human being for committing a capital offense. Our means to deter criminal activity ore to keep criminals from recidivating, in my opinion, do not work very well. The individuals on death row have to wait years to receive their punishment for their wrongdoing. The less serious offenders do their time as set in place by the system, with the possibility of parole, and after they do their time, they’re released back on the streets without having a reason not to commit another crime. Face the facts, if the offender can stay on the officer’s good side, stay off of the radar of the rough inmates, and is okay with being alone, the positives for the offender is a free bed, free food, and free showers. If we want to deter crime from taking place and the crime rates to stop growing, we might want to make revisions to the deterrence theory. How is it okay that criminals get a free bed, free food, and a shower, when there are individuals struggling to live out on the streets forced to commit petty crimes just to have somewhere to sleep, eat, and