Introduction As quoted by Emile Durkheim, a society without crime is impossible.1 Even if the standard of determining criminal acts is set high, less severe acts will still be considered as crime. As there is no chance of eliminating crime out of society, punishment is an essential tool to create a fair society for it having 4 main goals: deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation and incapacitation. Setting a fixed standard and guideline of punishment aims to convince potential criminals that the crime is not worth the time (general deterrence), to equally and fairly distribute punishment among ...

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Healing the Pain of Crime The American justice system has viewed criminal behavior as a crime against "the state," leaving crime victims with no input into the legal process of the administration of justice in today's courts. Restorative justice today recognizes the act of crime as being directed against individual people. Restorative justice is based on resolving conflict and making everything connected to the crime "whole again", thus healing the effects, restoring back to original condition, and making amends to all affected by the crime. Retributive justice focuses on punishment, w...

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Crime prevention and public safety are the overarching goals of law enforcement. ... The other set of problems involve harder choices in law enforcement that require further ethical analysis needed to supplement the judgment of right and wrong (Heffernan, 1982). ... Police are an integral part of the criminal justice system has the purpose of controlling crime in the community. ... It also impairs crime control by isolating the public. ... Without this support the police's ability to solve crimes and apprehend criminals is significantly hindered. ...

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The excessive and unnecessary use of force by police officers, including unjustified shootings, severe beatings, and rough treatment of citizens are still common in our society today because of the many barriers that make it possible for officers who commit such crimes to escape due punishment and often go back to repeat the offenses. ... This drastically limits the effectiveness of the police force when witness statements or public assistance that would help them to solve crimes are not available. ... However, at an individual level, Reiss (1971) did an analysis on police use of force. ...

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