Rehabilitation or Retribution, Our criminal justice system. Options

[MissHygienic]

Which one should we focus on more in our criminal justice system? Basically, which one would serve as a satisfactory/fitting punishment for prisoners?

[ersatz]

It's a matter of treating people a certain way, not where they're from. If you treat your criminals nicely and show them that they are your equal, they are much more likely to be receptive and change their behavior. That is true in America, Norway, England, China, Antarctica, anywhere. That's a matter of the human brain. We are all humans no matter where we live.

But, we could just keep on doing the exact same thing, over and over, that doesn't work as well and doesn't really prevent anything, because if people really wanted to commit a crime, they would just do it, whether they would go to jail or not. Good idea. We've been doing this, so why change? Brilliant mentality.

[*Steven*]

It's a matter of treating people a certain way, not where they're from. If you treat your criminals nicely and show them that they are your equal, they are much more likely to be receptive and change their behavior. That is true in America, Norway, England, China, Antarctica, anywhere. That's a matter of the human brain. We are all humans no matter where we live.

But, we could just keep on doing the exact same thing, over and over, that doesn't work as well and doesn't really prevent anything, because if people really wanted to commit a crime, they would just do it, whether they would go to jail or not. Good idea. We've been doing this, so why change? Brilliant mentality.

The crime is going to happen so long as humans are human. AMG INEQUALITY! Jealousy, envy, greed, sloth. IF someone has something you want bad enough to kill for, then what's going to stop you? Why might you be willing to kill? The way you grew up maybe? Your response brings up the nature vs nurture argument which could be argued either way and won't really lead to much as neither of us are certified psychologists (not that it would mean either of us are right, even if we were). Also, treat a criminal like an equal and they'll think they can get away with it again and again and again. They aren't our equals. They committed crimes, and depending on the severity of it punishments are handed out (be they fair or not).