Stream 1 Four Pillars of a Criminal Justice System Rehabilitation Safety Deterrence Retribution Rehabilitation How does the justice system help rehabilitation The parole system incentivises good behaviour ID: 153196
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Criminal Justice
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Four Pillars of a Criminal Justice System
Rehabilitation
Safety
Deterrence
RetributionSlide3
RehabilitationSlide4
How does the justice system help rehabilitation?
The parole system incentivises good behaviour
To get parole initially
When you are out of prison on parole
We can provide rehabilitation services to criminals like education
Conciliation between victims and perpetratorsSlide5
How does the criminal justice system hurt rehabilitation?
Resentment of society and the state
Creation of criminal networks
Difficulty of getting a job outside of prison
Australia has a 50% recidivism rateSlide6
SafetySlide7
How is the criminal justice system good for safety?
Victims are protected (e.g. from an ongoing abuser)
Because criminals are kept locked away, they can’t reoffend and inflict harm on other peopleSlide8
DeterrenceSlide9
Why do prisons deter people
Rational choice theory
Discursive changes in the way we think about crimeSlide10
Why might the deterrent effect fail??
Criminals are often really irrational
Lack education
Crimes of passion
Economic desperation/drug addiction etc.
People are optimistic that they won’t get caught
Sometimes it is basically impossible to enforce crimes (rape, drugs)Slide11
Retributive JusticeSlide12
Why does the criminal justice system give retributive justice?
Victims can recover if the perpetrator is in jail
Society’s desire for justice is met
People get what they deserveSlide13
Putting it all togetherSlide14
What can we do with these concepts?
Think about how the model makes the things we have discussed better/worseSlide15
Then analyse stakeholders with them
Will crime go up or down as a result of this model?
How will prisoners be affected by it?
Will it be more moral/just?Slide16
Helpful Rule of Thumb
Your stakeholders should generally be the way you structure/label your arguments
What does this do to levels of crime?
How does this help the recovery of victims?
How does this impact perpetrators?
The
content
of your arguments can then use the four pillarsSlide17
Remember!
There is no universal template
Which of the four pillars you deploy depends on the debate, you have to think through which issues the model is
really affecting