Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature.
In order that punishment should not be an act of violence perpetrated by one or many upon a private citizen, it is essential that it should be public, speedy, necessary, the minimum possible in the given circumstances, proportionate to the crime, and determined by the law.
Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.
The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.