pros/cons of rehabilitation versus punishment?
956695
rehab does work, the person in rehab benefits, punishment can be rehab and the punishers benefit because it is simple. punishment is less likely to work
1126439
Absolutely!  I'm a Respiratory Therspist working in rehab and the staistics are too convincing.  The better educated a patient is about his/her disease process the better they are able to manage it rather than it managing them.  The type of rehab program you go thru is dependant on the disease process you have but they are have some common denominators.
767714
Rehabilitation, probably YES. UIm not sure what exactly you mean about 'imprinting' and 'bonding'.
622650
Yes, it is punishment. Irregardless of what your Government tries to make you believe that it isn't punitive but administrative. If Registration isn't punitive, then why is there jail/prison time and sometimes a fine for failing to register? Doesn't being put in jail or prison make it punitive?\n\nThere are several things that should be done. The first thing is putting Megans Law back to its original intent. The original intent was to register Sexually Violent Predators. Also, the original intent was for this registry to be for law enforcement only. Of course, for law enforcement like badboy, that would be pretty scary. Incest offenders were not to be put on the registry when it was originally written as they have an extremely low recidivism rate.\n\nSecond, all prisons should have sex offender treatment therapy. Many states do not. The ones that do have proven with their statistics that the recidivism rate is as low as 1%. In some states, treatment is not started until after the offender has been released. \n\nThird, ALL parents need to supervise their children. They need to teach their children what good touch/bad touch is. They need to get them to realize that they must tell if a bad touch happens. They need to be taught that if someone touches them and tells them they will go to jail, they will be hurt or any other number of things, if they tell, that they are not true. \n\nFourth, they need therapy themselves. They need to learn forgiveness so that they can become Survivors instead of Victims. I was molested twice as a child. I am not a victim, I am a survivor. I detest the word victim.\n\nOur Forefathers wrote the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What you people really need to fear, instead of sex offenders, is your Government that is not following these laws. In America, once a person has paid their debt to society, they are to be allowed life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Rehabilitated former sex offenders and their families are not guaranteed this right. They are the only crime that isn't guaranteed this right. Drug dealers/users, drunk drivers, burglaries, have a much higher percentage of harming a child than a rehabilitated sex offender. There are more children harmed each year by drugs, gangs, drunk drivers, parental neglect, playground accidents, and drowning than there are by rehabilitated former sex offenders. \n\nIt is time to stop the scarlet letter. Use our tax dollars on Treatment and Education. Parents need to be educated to supervise their children while out playing and while on the internet. Parents need to be educated as to how to talk to their children. These are the things that will save a child. NOT an internet registry.
976678
Have you ever seen the prisoner section of a mental hospital or the hospital section of a prison?  Neither is a nice place.  And how much rehabilitation can someone have if they are out of contact with the world and/or themselves.\n\nFor concepts of justice, yes, there should be an insanity defense.  For making criminal prosecution easier, perhaps not.  \n\nIt might be an eye opening encounter if you see how few people get out of criminal charges through an insanity plea..  Get in touch with your local criminal prosecutor`s office.
565147
Most don't work due to a reward system for participation that is aimed at the wrong behaviors.  Sentences are reduced and parole eligibility dates are moved up based on PARTICIPATION and not on actual learning.  An inmate can participate in the same drug program several times and receive "comp" time for each instance.  Just the fact that the inmate took the same program several times indicates that he didn't really learn anything or adjuct his behavior but he is rewarded every time he takes it anyway.  As far as being "punished" after release, I haven't seen that as a major problem.  The fact that behaviors didn't change is responsible for a lack of employability and for recividism.  Many drug dealers see incarcaration as a cost of doing business and go along with the program until they are released only to return to dealing.  Prisons are not overly concerned with rehabilitation.  Most programs are started with the goal of attracting federal funds for the prison system, not changing inmates.
684953
these are all stupid ideas & are proven not to work. 3 strikes law only insures the judicial system is bogged with cases better served by fines. death penalty is no deterant; crackheads still kill for a hit, husbands & wives still kill of jelousy & insurance scams, bent minds are still preditors & kids still enact the rapsong in pursuit of their 'rep'. same thing with life. rehab is useless as those who are criminal remain criminal & those who are marginally criminal are better served in society & working, feeding the economy & paying heavy fines & restitution. more prisons means more taxes & a worse human product upon release. halfways can be lucrative but are the same as rehab. i spent 3 years in prison for a pot charge. no violent history, no victims, ect. the idea that society is victimized is absurd. the same rational could be said relating tbhhe number of traffic deaths to exceeding the speed limit. there are various levels of offense. murfer isnt necessarilly the worst if its accidental or inpersonal. the mind is the key & is subject to its environment. a mind thats compylsively violent, locked away, labor, suicide missions, ....not much for them. nonviolent crimes are best taken by case & usually are better served as revenue (fines & restitution). too long of an answer emil me if you want more of my input.
635846
If the purpose of our prison system is incarceration, then it is doing a great job.  There are few escapes.\n\nIf the purpose of imprisonment is deterrence, then we're not doing an effective job.  Maybe we should do what the father "Red" on "That 70s Show" said was the Soviet penal system:  "First offense, they send you to Siberia for five years.  Second offense, fifteen years.  THERE ARE NO THIRD OFFENSES".\n\nIf the purpose of our current prison system is to rehabilitate criminals, it's doing exactly the opposite.  They learn better, more sophisticated criminal techniques in jail.\n\nI'm not some "soft on crime" liberal.  However, I believe that we could substitute VERY HARD PUBLIC SERVICE in lieu of jail time.\n\nBack in the Great Depression of the 1930's, unemployed people were offered jobs in the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Public Works Administration.  The projects they worked on are still enjoyed today.  Why not resurrect these types of work programs?  Just put tracking bracelet on their legs to discourage running away.\n\nGiving these people healthy, dignified work will be great rehabilitation.  With most criminals (maybe not some of the child sex offenders or rapists) you can combine punishment with rehabilitation.  We just haven't tried hard enough.
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I'm a liberal and I'll take this one step further - Let the victim (or the victims family) choose the punishment. \n\nI get the first 2 (murder and theft) but not the third one. Drugs and war? A more logical one would be to work for free (community service) in a rehab clinic. \n\nThe reason we in the US have so much crime is because we have so many rights. With great freedom comes great responsibility. Most Americans can't handle the responsibility.
556584
Punishment, threat of punishment, including inflicting pain or restricting anothers freedom, is not a solution to unwanted or negative behaviour. It only breeds more negative behaviour or rebellion, or completely overwhelms an individual into submission.\nThere is nothing wrong with control, but there is a BIG difference between GOOD control and BAD control.\nIn raising a child, the adult is the biggest problem. Children are not dogs. They can't be trained like dogs are trained. Children are simply individuals who have not yet attained full growth. But that does not mean that they do not have the same basic human rights as adults.\nGood contol involves raising your child in such a way that you don't have to control him. this is training him without breaking him, so that he will be in full possession of himself at all times.\nHis good behaviour, his health and his sanity depend upon this.\n\nHope this helps to answer your question.\nI also highly recommend the book "The Way To Happiness" as a very helpful tool in your own personal rehabilitation and future survival.\nE Mail me a name and address and I will send you a copy if you want.\nthetaalways@yahoo.com
914165
Absouletly. In UK we have to many liberals keen to protect the rights of criminals but the victim is sadly lost in the process. If rehabilitation can be acheived in the criminal justice system that's great but it is primarily but punishment and the punishment should reflect the crime. I am not a fan of habging but we should use lethal injection in cases like this.
444118
There are 4 sometimes competing theories:\n1. Retribution -- if you mess up you deserve to be punished. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. This theory is supported by the metaphysical idea that when a crime is not punished for -- it somehow continues to exist.\n2. Deterrence -- We will punish a criminal so that others will see that their actions have consequences -- and will hopefully stop behaving in a bad way.\n3. Rehabilitation -- if a person commits a crime -- he is probably a messed up individual -- so we should punish him in such a way as to make him a better person\n4. Isolation -- by putting a person who has committed a crime in jail -- we physically prevent him from committing any further crime.\n\nIt is worth noticing that The Deterrence and Rehabilitation theories -- look forward to improving society, Retribution is looking to the past only, and Isolation is really just a stop-gap measure.
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I am not going to write this essay for you - just give some ideas.\n\nThink about the different types of rehab - there are many therapies involved to help someone depending upon their problems.\n\nImagine you have had a bad car accident, had surgery and now recovering.  How do you think you would be feeling at this time?  What would you need to do to get out the hospital and back home?  How do you think these different therapies would help?\n\nIf you need some more information, go to a rehab hospital or department and ask to shadow them for a few hours or even a day.  This will give you insights which you can use for the essay.\n\nGood luck!
435811
Advantage - if prosecutors purposefully or accidentally made a mistake, they can release the guy from jail.  They can't, however, un-dead him.\n\nAdvantage - Imposing a life sentence is cheaper (even counting the cost of incarceration) than imposing the death sentence.\n\nAdvantage - If you don't execute the person, you don't have to turn someone on the state payroll into a murderer.\n\nAdvantage - Life inmates can work.  Death row inmates are not allowed to work.
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I would imagine that the Constitution might protect prisoners from being forced to participate in "rehabilitative" activities.  So a prisoner might not be forced to work because of the 8th and 13th amendments, or he might not be forced into group therapy because of the 1st and 8th amendments.\n\nBut constitutional arguments against offering rehabilitation to those who want it?  I can't think of anything.  It's not any sort of taking from the non-imprisoned population and it serves a legitimate public interest.
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depends on what context u are using Rehab in the hosp.. Is it a public or an offical rehab hospital\n\nrehabilitaiton is basically re learning skills to allow you to function independently..  Learning how to do your activities of daily living all over again after an accident or stroke perhaps..\n\nIts repeating the same tasks over and over until you return to your most able level..\n\nLook it up on medscape.com......\n\ncheers
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There are five recognized purposes:\n(1) "Retribution" (society's punishment for anti-societal acts)\n(2) "Specific Deterrence" (To discourage that criminal from committing again)\n(3) "General Deterrence" (To discourage other members of society from committing that same act, i.e. I know I'll get life for rape, and I saw Mr. X receive life, so maybe I won't rape)\n(4) "Incapicitation" (i.e. to keep criminals out of society for a period; to keep very dangerous criminals out of society forever)\nand\n(5) "Rehabilitation" -- this has gotten bad wrap lately, as previously "rehabilitation" meant using forced mechanisms to ensure there was no reoffending (like forced lobotomies, medication, etc.) Often, this term is used to talk about education, drug treatment, religious instruction, job training and other skills that are offered in prison systems.  The new buzz word is "restorative justice" -- to talk about counseling, drug courts, shame punishments, and other forms of "alternative sentencing" that involves less or little incarceration.