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Types of Punishment
Death penalty
Retentionist view
Singapore, Pakistan, Egypt
Death penalty to be upheld to serve as a warning to potential criminals of heinous crimes
Abolitionist view
Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Spain
There’s still no evidence that executions deter criminals
Incarceration
A necessary institution to separate people whose actions deviate from the proscribed laws of a given society
Does not seem to bring down crime rates, but in fact more repeated offenders are seen in prisons
Probation
Intended as alternatives to incarceration for eligible offenders not deemed a threat to public safety
Parole violators accounted for over a third of all prison admissions in 2005 and "half the US jail population is the consequence of failure of community
supervision."
Rehabilitation
The need to repair the harm caused by crime rather than punish people
Why Norway's prison system is so successful
Community service
Offender does unpaid work that benefits the local community rather than serve a prison term
Juvenile
Home arrest
Juvenile Hall
Counseling
community service
What is crime?
Breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority has set a punishment
Types of crime
Crime against the Person
Crime against Property
Crime against the State
Crime against Humanity
Aims of Punishment
Deterrence
Put people off committing crimes
Actual punishment
Opportunity cost of punishment
Rehabilitation
Offender becomes productive member of society
Safety of public
Factors leading to crimes
Depression
Family conditions
Regionalism
TV violence
Racism
Politics
Poverty
Overpopulation
How to reform criminals?
yellow ribbon project
18 chefs - provide employment opportunities
changing the perception of society
Changing society's point of view of criminals
Absurd crimes in SG
Being gay
Walking naked in one's house
chewing gum
Not flushing toilets after use
Oral and Anal sex
Committing Suicide