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This 4 page paper examines the concepts of punishment and rehabilitation within the corrections system, and argues that rehabilitation is more effective than punishment at preventing recidivism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Corrections System Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction There is widespread and ongoing debate about whether it is
the job of the corrections system to punish offenders or rehabilitate them, and the two goals seem to be mutually exclusive. This paper considers both options and argues that rehabilitation
is more effective than punishment. Discussion Prisons have been part of the United States since its inception, because it seems obvious that when people break the law their actions cannot
simply be ignored. The guiding principle of the prison system until recently was that prisoners were to be rehabilitated so they could be returned to their communities as useful citizens.
But somewhere in the 1970s that changed, and prisons became nothing more than places for punishment; with the 2001 terrorist attacks, it seems that the U.S. changed more than ever,
and not for the better. Angry and fearful, Americans took their rage out on anyone who was different: immigrants, people who looked like they might be from the Middle East,
and prisoners. The vigilante mood that overtook the country manifested itself in travesties like the "three strikes" laws that have imprisoned people for life for a series of trivial offenses;
and the construction of the so-called "supermax" prisons like Pelican Bay. These grim fortresses are doing their job: if the goal is to turn out hardened felons bent on revenge
against the system. The concept of rehabilitation is complex and not immediately attractive, perhaps, to people who want to see criminals punished. Liberals blamed it for "allowing the state to
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