Criminal Justice Paper

Ayana Chambers

CJA 224

July 7, 2014

Tasha Hibbert

In the United States justice system there are many different level of punishment depending on the type and severity of crime. Its main objective is to impose sentencing as a guideline for punishment in a criminal case. Punishment can be very severe for example the death penalty, but also can be less stringent in many criminal cases. Punishment does not essentially connote to physically punish, but could have significant ramifications in ways such as retribution. Retribution may be in the form of financial payments (restitution) and the lost of free will. Deterrence is an objective of punishment to discourage society from becoming repeated offenders. Its aim is to sentence an offender with short custodial hold in the prison system in hope that it will discourage other criminal activities. Punishments also boast the objective to rehabilitate, transform or hinder an offender. It also applies to the general criminal justice system that is considered to prevent criminals from committing more crimes. This will prove to potential criminals that the criminal justice system is severe and to society that they are safe from offenders. Punishment is also projected to recuperate offenders from their past life and prevent the criminal justice system from having continuous association with rehabilitated offenders. By reducing statistics, we can however achieve a state of reduced offenders. Punishment will assists with achieving institutional objectives by the outcome of punishment. Three strike set of laws will allow the courts to keep perpetual offenders from society. Supervised release supports in serving offenders to continue on the right path and make excellent decisions while being monitored by the court