Assuming that people are rational beings, it’s understandable that the choice to offend outweighed the cost of committing a crime (Beccaria, 1764). It is fair to presume that the offender hasn’t fully bought into the social contract. Rather than punishing offenders for their criminal acts, it’s essential to recognize the character has led them to offend. Rehabilitation ought to be used in an attempt to, “prevent the criminal from doing further injury to society,” (Beccaria, 1764) by being “forced” to take part in the social contract (Rousseau, 1762). If the offender is rehabilitated, he or she should have a greater stake in society. As a result, a changed offender will no longer want to partake in crime and will actually desist from crime meeting the goal of punishment.
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Moreover, Rothman (1990) suggests that rehabilitation through prison and punishment would, “teach inmates the lessons of order and discipline . . . transform the deviant into a law-abiding citizen”. Shaming, fining, and whipping reformed criminals until mobility, physical as well as social, occurred in the 1800s (McGuinn, 2015). Still, prison institutions continued to meet the goal of rehabilitation until the 1970s when the goal of punishment shifted away from rehabilitation towards deterrence,
This logical system largely ran policy for the first half of the 20th century. But by the 1970s, American world turned against rehabilitation . . . prior to the 1970s, prison rates were so stable in the United States that some researchers claimed that societies self-regulated their punishment levels in order to maintain constant incarceration rates (as cited by McGuinn,
Moreover, Rothman (1990) suggests that rehabilitation through prison and punishment would, “teach inmates the lessons of order and discipline . . . transform the deviant into a law-abiding citizen”. Shaming, fining, and whipping reformed criminals until mobility, physical as well as social, occurred in the 1800s (McGuinn, 2015). Still, prison institutions continued to meet the goal of rehabilitation until the 1970s when the goal of punishment shifted away from rehabilitation towards deterrence,
This logical system largely ran policy for the first half of the 20th century. But by the 1970s, American world turned against rehabilitation . . . prior to the 1970s, prison rates were so stable in the United States that some researchers claimed that societies self-regulated their punishment levels in order to maintain constant incarceration rates (as cited by McGuinn,