Deterrence: An Example Of Justification For Punishment

hment Research Paper July 26, 2009 The first example of justification for punishment that I will be discussing will be deterrence. What deterrence means that it is the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment. (Macionis, 2006) one example of deterrence is that you know the outcome of the punishment before you decide to break any sort of law. It is believe that this concept was based on the thought that citizens will not break the law if they think that the pain of the punishment will outweigh the pleasure of the crime. (Macionis, 2006) one example that I thought of for deterrence was that if you have any choice to leave early form where you are to reach your final destination on time without breaking any sort of laws on your way there, like speeding for instance. But if you are late, then you are then tempted to speed to get to you final destination which knowingly the consequences of speeding beforehand. Some
Societal protection means rendering an offender incapable of further offenses temporarily through imprisonment or permanently by execution. (Macionis, 2006) Societal protection is totally different from rehabilitation where they hope to change offenders urges too commit ether crimes again. Societal protection wants to keep them locked away or have them put to death. The offender’s surroundings would consist of an average of an 8 x 8 cell or an execution chamber which in fact have housed many other offenders before him or her. With this method it is used to be helpful to all offenders that there is a possible chance of reform or possible second chance of life outside prison. There are currently 2 million people that have been behind bars in the U.S. it has been seen that crime rate has gone done over several years, but great increase of the number of people that are locked up. It is said to be three rimes higher since the