Incapacitation

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…

restore social balance” (Bradley, 2003, p. 30). Once the offender has paid their dues for the crime that they committed, the offender is free from further punishment. The second concept that is part of the foundation of corrections includes incapacitation. Incapacitation involves placing offenders into incarceration in order to prevent further harm to society. Also, deterrence is utilized as a threat of punishment in order to prevent crime. There are two types of deterrence: general and…

The United States has perpetuated a culture of silence and denial surrounding mental illness. In the 1960s and early 70s, the U.S. began the process of “deinstitutionalization,” and, according to journalist Joe Nocera, this process has become a national disgrace (2012). Deinstitutionalization refers to the policy of closing public hospitals and moving the mentally ill to private community-based mental health service providers (Torrey 1997). However, community-based mental health service…

rehabilitation, incapacitation, and retribution. Rehabilitation is an attempt to restore a convicted offender to a constructive place in society through training or therapy (Clear et al, 2016). Incapacitation is to deprive the offender of having the ability to commit crimes, usually by detainment (Clear et al, 2016). Lastly, retribution is inflicting punishment on an individual who has chosen to violate the rights of others (Clear…

Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration are the five major goals of sentencing. The essence of sentencing is supported by national consensus and penological justifications. Each objective commonly overlaps and successful outcomes include crime reduction, recidivism, and public safety. The principle of retributive justice seeks to punish in proportion according to social attitudes of just deserts, compensation or accountability for criminal acts. Retributive…

individuals in society from becoming potential targets (Newburn, 2013). Since Britain abolished the death penalty in the 1960s, the main form of incapacitation is imprisonment and according to Conservative Home Secretary Michael Howard, ‘prison works’ (Cavadino and Dignan, 2007). Nevertheless, the British justice system has imposed other means of incapacitation, such as ‘tagging’ also referred to as electronic monitoring and curfews. The idea of electronic monitoring is traceable to the early…

within the judicial system can be further examined. In many cases, the use of determinate sentencing can create higher costs to the legal system because of the increasing cost of court proceedings within the jurisdiction. Additionally, the cost of incapacitation rather than rehabilitation is higher and without any benefit to society aside from the possibility of increasing public…

Many people support the death penalty while others oppose it. Throughout history there have been many controversies on the topic of capital punishment. There are many arguments that oppose the use of capital punishment. There is also debate over whether the death penalty fulfills the philosophies of punishment. Death penalty is one of the most controversial topics out there because of how many people oppose of it and how many people support it. Those who oppose capital punishment find it to be…

social order, but there is always that balance of fairness and justice. This has created that controversy of what is fair and what is not. In this chapter, it discusses the four main goals of criminal sanctions, which are; retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. Also, restorative justice…

In various prisons some correctional officers’ offer as a goal is retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. The main primary goal as said so inside a survey that the main goal is incapacitation, it helps the safety of the prison and the inmates. The correctional officers usually rate incapacitation as number one, after that it would be deterrence, then rehabilitation. More of the goals for corrections is to maintain a safe community…