... liberty by serving a custodial sentence should deter reoffending. Offenders who are in prison are prevented from reoffending during this time, and the public perceive the punishment as a way to gain retribution from the offender for the crime they have committed. Another opinion maybe that prison should only be used for the most serious offences committed. If the public want to reduce crime and to live in a safer community, we should try and understand offenders as well as having our retribution against them for the crimes they have committed. Punishment without rehabilitation is only dealing with the immediate impact of the offence, it does not address the cause of the offence. A prisoner who is put in prison cannot offend for that period of time, but when he comes out he will be the same person or worse and will simply go back to a life of crime. Rehabilitation ...

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