The Impact of Imprisonment of An Offender

THE IMPACT OF IMPRISONMENT OF AN OFFENDER
Introduction
In the recent decade, the use of jails to regulate crime has become more common. Mandatory minimum
sentence laws, which severely limit court discretion in sentencing, have recently garnered considerable
popularity in the United States. The main justification for mandatory minimum sentences is that the
length of time spent in prison acts as a deterrence to recidivism in the future. The area is dominated by
three schools of thought. The first is that jails do really deter criminal activity. Given the harshness of jail
life and the bad social stigma that comes with it, these should act as deterrents to future criminal
behavior. The second point of view, known as the “schools of crime,” contends that jails enhance
criminality. According to this theory, the harsh, brutal, and psychologically damaging aspect of prison
renders prisoners more inclined to recidivate after their release. The third school of thinking, which we
call the “minimalist/interaction” position, claims that prison has only a minor impact on offenders.
According to this viewpoint, jails are essentially “psychological deep freezes,” in which offenders arrive
in prison with a set of antisocial beliefs and behaviors that do not change much during their time there.
This viewpoint also argues that lower-risk offenders may be more negatively impacted by longer
sentences due to exposure to an environment dominated by their higher-risk, harder-core colleagues.
The fact that mandatory jail sentences educate offenders that punishment is predictable and severe,
and hence that “crime does not pay,” is a major justificationFootnote2. To put it another way, this
approach is largely founded on the premise that specific prison sentences deter perpetrators. In this
light, the current study investigates the specific deterrence theory empirically. Our main concern is for
offenders who have a criminal history or have committed an offense that is serious enough to warrant
incarceration. The validity of the specific deterrence concept as it relates to the usage of prison is
examined from several perspectives. Then we offer new research that directly challenges the idea that
jail sentences punish or discourage future criminal behavior. Before we go any further, it’s crucial to
define the term “punishment.” While the terms “deterrence” and “punishment” are frequently
interchanged, we prefer to use the behavioral definition of “punishment,” which is defined as the
suppression of behavior by response-dependent events (Blackman, 1995). It’s important to note that
this is a strictly functional definition. It eliminates common sense interpretations of what constitutes
punishment, which are frequently based on gut-level and moral philosophical considerations, and hence
may be incorrect. Third footnote (Matson & DiLorenzo, 1984).
Setting of the study
The research will take place in the precinct of your choice. The respondents will be interviewed
remotely via Zoom, and the Questionnaire form will be emailed to them individually following
the interview. Respondents were also acquired by the researchers. Video chat will be used to
interview these people. The researchers chose this location for implementation because it will
provide them with information on the chosen topic for people who are affected by an
offender’s imprisonment. This will take place in the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.
Retributive justice is a philosophy of punishment that states that when an offender defies the
law, justice demands that they suffer as a result, and that the punishment is commensurate to
the crime. However, the assessment of whether a punishment is severe enough varies widely
between cultures and individuals. The retributive ideology aims to punish the criminal as they
deserve for the offense they committed, rather than because crime must be stopped or
prevented. The penalty should be proportionate to the crime. Retribution – Punishment should
make the offender pay for their wrongdoing. Punishment should provide compensation to the
victim(s) of a crime. Vindication – the penalty ensures that the law is followed. Deterrence,
incapacitation, and rehabilitation are all parts of retribution, but it also ensures that the wicked
are punished, the innocent are protected, and societal equilibrium is restored after crime has
disrupted it. As a result, the only moral justification for punishment is retribution. The term
“retributive justice” has been defined in a variety of ways, but it is best defined as a form of
justice based on three principles: (1) that those who commit certain types of wrongful acts,
such as paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to be punished proportionately; (2)
that it is intrinsically morally good—good without regard to any other goods that may arise—if
some legitimate punisher administers the punishment they desire. Over the last few decades,
the concept of retributive justice has dominated punishment theory, but many aspects of it—
particularly the concepts of desert and proportionality, the ethical status of suffering, and the
ultimate justification for retribution—remain contentious and difficult. The main focus of this
study is on the impact of an offender’s imprisonment. In this study, the responders’
perspectives on The Impact of an Offender’s Imprisonment were primarily considered. The
persons who are most involved in this study, such as Precinct Staffs and the local community,
are the respondents. Because of the pandemic that is currently ravaging the world, the
researchers decided to focus on a small number of responses. This was chosen by the
researchers because they are mostly active in Criminal Justice and are the best people to give
an opinion on the impact of an offender’s imprisonment.

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