In dealing with the criminal offenders society had many different ways to deal out punishment. Through this process a guide of Philosophies of Punishment with eight different concepts. Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Isolation, Incapacitation, Reintegration, Restitution, and Restoration. These punishments was established to help curve the criminal element and or activities. Even with these different types of punishment law enforcement officials still have problematic with overrunning correctional systems and a high recidivism rate.
First philosophy and oldest is retribution which is the “belief that punishment must avenge or retaliate for a harm or wrong done to another.” Simplest term offender receives equal amount of harm they may cause upon another. Next concept is Deterrence philosophy that assume certain and severe punishment can “discourage future crime by the offender and by others” (U.S. Department of Justice 1988, 90). Meaning that if the punishment is so harsh that the offender wouldn’t want to reoffend. Rehabilitation is the most recent adoption of the correctional philosophy. Rehabilitation is a concept that believes “providing psychological or educational assistance or job training to offenders” makes “them less likely to engage in future criminality”(U.S. Department of Justice 1988, 90). To sum up, people change regardless to age, and or crime: furthermore by …show more content…
The reason why is because i would want an offender punishment so unbearable until he or she may think on committing or recommitting any crime. By having a punishment so harsh that if someone did experience it they wouldn’t want to repeat and most likely deter any criminal from doing wrong. Important to mention, not one of those eight philosophies wouldn’t turn the tide from keep offenders from reoffending. But a combination of the different philosophies in different stages may help the
First philosophy and oldest is retribution which is the “belief that punishment must avenge or retaliate for a harm or wrong done to another.” Simplest term offender receives equal amount of harm they may cause upon another. Next concept is Deterrence philosophy that assume certain and severe punishment can “discourage future crime by the offender and by others” (U.S. Department of Justice 1988, 90). Meaning that if the punishment is so harsh that the offender wouldn’t want to reoffend. Rehabilitation is the most recent adoption of the correctional philosophy. Rehabilitation is a concept that believes “providing psychological or educational assistance or job training to offenders” makes “them less likely to engage in future criminality”(U.S. Department of Justice 1988, 90). To sum up, people change regardless to age, and or crime: furthermore by …show more content…
The reason why is because i would want an offender punishment so unbearable until he or she may think on committing or recommitting any crime. By having a punishment so harsh that if someone did experience it they wouldn’t want to repeat and most likely deter any criminal from doing wrong. Important to mention, not one of those eight philosophies wouldn’t turn the tide from keep offenders from reoffending. But a combination of the different philosophies in different stages may help the