Deterrence By definition, deterrence refers to the act of enforcing various measure with the main aim of discouraging a specific or particular behaviour within the society. Deterrence is meant to instil fear among the members of the society with respect to a given social based issue. As a result, the majority of people tend to distance themselves from such discouraged behaviour due to the heavy penalties one may face in the case of breaking such an act. Retentionists argue that for law enforcing act to be efficient it must have an immense deterrent effect on the various potential or existing criminals. In their support they maintain that punishments such as imprisonment do not provide efficient deterrent effects; hence making the justice
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According to a past research it is proven that the deterrent effect has a temporary effect, where the fear it instils last only for the moment and period and is forgotten after some duration of time. Similarly, these research results prove that the so called effect of deterrence has no upper hand in terms of effectiveness compared to other forms of punishments such as life imprisonment and life sanctions. Another argument is that capital punishment ends up filling the relatives of those punished with immense fury to the extent of some committing the same crimes while seeking revenge for their loved ones. A good example of an abolitionist is the 39th President of the United States of America Jimmy carter. Who stated that with the death row in effect with the justice system of the United States of America has ranked the country at the top compared to other western European countries without the death penalty in terms of annual homicide rates. A good example is that he presents are the southern states that carried out 80% of the country’s execution yet have the highest murder rates than any part of the United States of America. He concludes that there exists no evidence that capital sentence has with respect to causing the deterrent …show more content…
In order for a justice system to become effective and efficient it should enforce justice while upholding the very basic principles that the human rights organization fights for. In addition the main work of any justice system is to ensure that it helps preserve crimes against humanity. In terms of morals, execution via capital punishment is similar to murder which is immoral. Another reason is that no one in the world has any form of authority to take another individual’s life even if it is meant for a good course such as enforcing
According to a past research it is proven that the deterrent effect has a temporary effect, where the fear it instils last only for the moment and period and is forgotten after some duration of time. Similarly, these research results prove that the so called effect of deterrence has no upper hand in terms of effectiveness compared to other forms of punishments such as life imprisonment and life sanctions. Another argument is that capital punishment ends up filling the relatives of those punished with immense fury to the extent of some committing the same crimes while seeking revenge for their loved ones. A good example of an abolitionist is the 39th President of the United States of America Jimmy carter. Who stated that with the death row in effect with the justice system of the United States of America has ranked the country at the top compared to other western European countries without the death penalty in terms of annual homicide rates. A good example is that he presents are the southern states that carried out 80% of the country’s execution yet have the highest murder rates than any part of the United States of America. He concludes that there exists no evidence that capital sentence has with respect to causing the deterrent …show more content…
In order for a justice system to become effective and efficient it should enforce justice while upholding the very basic principles that the human rights organization fights for. In addition the main work of any justice system is to ensure that it helps preserve crimes against humanity. In terms of morals, execution via capital punishment is similar to murder which is immoral. Another reason is that no one in the world has any form of authority to take another individual’s life even if it is meant for a good course such as enforcing