With a criminal record there is a high stigma with the community in doing something that is considered not the norm. This approach looks at preventing crime, compared to the ‘tough on crime’ policy looks at tackling crime. The main goal is “early intervention, prevention and rehabilitation are more beneficial in reducing crime in the long-term and the most cost-effective” (7,217). It is important to look at the long-term in order to fix the problem and to stop using incarceration as a form of punishment for all crimes, I understand that they are criminals who cannot be rehabilitation and should not be allowed back into society, but instead of punishing those for minor crimes such non-violent robbery for example, the male case, or even the possession
