Rehabilitation vs. Punishment Goals of Prisons
In this essay I will focus on whether law offenders sent to prison
should be rehabilitated, punished or both. In my opinion I have a
fairly bias view towards punishing the criminal as I feel that people
do not have to be deviant yet some chose to be; however I will discuss
both usefulness of rehabilitation and the disadvantages of this.
With doing research for this essay I noticed that the majority of
crimes were committed by the poorest of society (tend to be more of
the unemployed council house families) and such crimes committed by
this part of society is frowned upon; yet a crime committed by someone
higher in the social hierarchy is most uncommon (yet it does happen
perhaps its not publicised as much due to the whole Marxist theory of
the bourgeoisies exploiting the people below). The work of Clarke and
Mayhew can help support this idea because they believed that
delinquency are results of choice. With this in mind this theory from
Clarke and Mayhew is an excellent perception of how crime is committed
and is one reason as to why I think prisons should be to punish as
offenders should not be allowed a second chance. I feel that the
crimes committed which causes any inconvenience to other humans such
as murder, G.B.H, rape and stealing from others should result in
capital punishment however as capital punishment is not used nowadays
in the united kingdom I feel that criminals committing such crimes
should be locked up with no luxuries and should not even be allowed
such privileges as exercise.
Attached to this essay is an article from the BBC which shows the
increase in the num...
... middle of paper ...
... to be taken from some methods which will most likely result in taxes
unless its funded through an organisation or voluntary work through
interactionalism counsellors, who may decide to aid prisoners as they
feel they would like to play some part in helping prisoners conform.
If we our living in a post modern world then the theory "anything
goes" would justify that there may be fewer criminals in prison
because justice may not always prevail. Furthermore the best option
available I feel would be to find a suitable balance between
rehabilitating and punishing, as this would offer an incentive not to
commit crimes if the punishment was severe resulting in the prisoner
never wanting to be a non-conformist; and rehabilitating them allows
them to "better" themselves by educating themselves and learning about
responsibility.
In this essay I will focus on whether law offenders sent to prison
should be rehabilitated, punished or both. In my opinion I have a
fairly bias view towards punishing the criminal as I feel that people
do not have to be deviant yet some chose to be; however I will discuss
both usefulness of rehabilitation and the disadvantages of this.
With doing research for this essay I noticed that the majority of
crimes were committed by the poorest of society (tend to be more of
the unemployed council house families) and such crimes committed by
this part of society is frowned upon; yet a crime committed by someone
higher in the social hierarchy is most uncommon (yet it does happen
perhaps its not publicised as much due to the whole Marxist theory of
the bourgeoisies exploiting the people below). The work of Clarke and
Mayhew can help support this idea because they believed that
delinquency are results of choice. With this in mind this theory from
Clarke and Mayhew is an excellent perception of how crime is committed
and is one reason as to why I think prisons should be to punish as
offenders should not be allowed a second chance. I feel that the
crimes committed which causes any inconvenience to other humans such
as murder, G.B.H, rape and stealing from others should result in
capital punishment however as capital punishment is not used nowadays
in the united kingdom I feel that criminals committing such crimes
should be locked up with no luxuries and should not even be allowed
such privileges as exercise.
Attached to this essay is an article from the BBC which shows the
increase in the num...
... middle of paper ...
... to be taken from some methods which will most likely result in taxes
unless its funded through an organisation or voluntary work through
interactionalism counsellors, who may decide to aid prisoners as they
feel they would like to play some part in helping prisoners conform.
If we our living in a post modern world then the theory "anything
goes" would justify that there may be fewer criminals in prison
because justice may not always prevail. Furthermore the best option
available I feel would be to find a suitable balance between
rehabilitating and punishing, as this would offer an incentive not to
commit crimes if the punishment was severe resulting in the prisoner
never wanting to be a non-conformist; and rehabilitating them allows
them to "better" themselves by educating themselves and learning about
responsibility.