Severity Of Crime Control

Crime control takes a balance of different tactics to keep criminals off the street, but the most current one used is certainty of punishment. When a criminal knows that they will be caught and punished, they are more likely to rethink their current actions and possibly make a better decision. Now we focus more on the severity of punishment. I think severity is the most important aspect now because the criminal justice system has made it apparent that offenders will be caught, and punished. Furthermore, the system now must prove that the punishment being given is harsh enough to cause a criminal to not want to be caught, or to commit that crime or other crimes again. Without a strong punishment, certainty would not have the power it does. Society