Deterrence does not seem to work well in the modern criminal justice system. According to an article by Tyjen Tsai and Paola Scommegna, the United States has the highest amount of people incarcerated in the world (Tsai, Scommegna, 2012). This means that obviously, people are not being deterred correctly because they continue to break laws and get arrested. Deterrence should make the punishment swift, severe, and certain and can deter generally and specifically (Gibbs, 1979 p. 653). In modern day, people can commit crime and wait many months before going to court. Punishment in modern day tends to be more severe and sometimes cannot be equivalent to the criminal act. There are people who can rape someone and only serve a short time in jail,
