Punishment Versus Rehabilitation
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that debates the effectiveness of punishment versus rehabilitation of convicted offenders in prison and under community supervision. Address the following points in your paper:
- Deterrence of crime
- Effect on victims and victims’ families
- Effect on the offender
- Social effect on society
- Fiscal effect on society
- Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
- include title page,in text citations,reference page, page headers and numbers, conclusion,no plagiarism
Answer preview
Criminals or offenders that are found guilty of having conducted a crime are punished through the verdict from a judge in a court of law. The two forms of punishments that they receive include that of being sentenced to serve a jail term in prison or being under the community supervision under a rehabilitation program (Menninger, 2018). These forms of punishments and rehabilitation cause some effects to the offender, to their families, relatives, and friends and to the community at large. This paper discusses the effectiveness of punishment versus rehabilitation of convicted offenders in prison and under community supervision.
Deterrence of crime
Deterrence of crime refers to occurrences where people to conduct a crime develops some fear due to the consequences of doing it. When one is punished through imprisonment, this is effective in deterring crime as compared…
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