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personal life? Keep them all in prison until society has improved to the
point where they won't be given a reason to re-offend?
Changing the punishment isn't the solution. Social services, doctors and
psychiatrists, the people in Government responsible for conditions getting
this bad, along with the criminal themselves who made bad choices in
their lives, all have to work together, make sure they do their jobs well
and not try and do each other's jobs. Feeding someone's psychological
problems, whether or not the person thinks of it that way, can only
damage them. The pleasure they feel is self-destructive, so enhancing
that pleasure furthers the cause of their destruction.
The criminal should be punished only in so far as it is necessary to
compensate everyone who has been deprived of something because of
the crime. The criminal should be made aware that they owe something,
what and who they owe, that they are going to pay it back whether they
like it or not and that taking it from the person will only result in them
having to compensate the person again. Anything more is a waste of time,
anything less means that the work isn't done yet.
By owing a debt I include non-material debts such as health and
psychological damage, actual lives, time wasted etc. I also do not mean
that I think the criminal should pay with their own phsyical health, life,
time etc. because this doesn't actually lead to anybody being
compensated, just to more people suffering.
In summary, the compensation should fit the debt, not the punishment fit
the criminal.
Overall, I feel that the punishment should not always fit the crime, as
crimes range over a large spectrum and shouldn't be labeled in the same
category. However crimes I feel should be fully analyzed from all aspects,
ie. The criminal, the situation and the victim involved if any, before the
punishment is given. It is a very taboo subject and should solely come
down to the actual crime that has been committed.