According to this week’s reading deterrence theory asserts that we can deter (i.e., prevent) crime by increasing the potential risks to criminals so that the risks outweigh the potential benefits or rewards to be gained from committing crime whereas and the rationale theory indicates that the need to commit a crime is due to the rewards being great than the punishment for committing a crime (Robinson, M.B. 2013). The thought is that if the risk is worse than the reward then people will be less likely to commit the crime again. The drawback to this with the court system is that it takes so long to get a court date.
Prisons actually may do the opposite when it comes to criminals. Prisoners often learn other ways to commit a crime from other
Prisons actually may do the opposite when it comes to criminals. Prisoners often learn other ways to commit a crime from other