EDIT: Not that I'm defending any particular prison system or making a moral statement here. In many countries the prison system is horrible and probably not even very optimal at preventing offences. It's just that in my mind the prison has one main purpose; to act as a deterrent for crime, and most of the time, for most of the population, it somewhat works for that purpose.
I am curious if the getting a job using the A-level, reduced your likelihood of reoffending, at the risk of your current job ?
Dear John Doe,
Please inform us when and where you plan to infringe the law again. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
your government
I found the "Seek first to understand, then to be understood" rule in the 7 Habits book illuminating.
If only government, lawmakers, and the electorate in general, understood it.
The intent was for the intimidation to work, so regardless of how sturdy the character. Its hardly a victimless crime.
Marching and demonstrating maybe not as effective, but I find it hard to celebrating trying to harm another person, regardless of how ineffective. Non-violence is a good way to change unjust laws, intimidation is not just.
Rehabilitating someone with "radical" ideas would involve acknowledging and challenging their ideas. That's not how rehabilitation really works even in theory - most rehabilitation is taking criminals who aren't ideologically motivated and solving the much simpler problems of educating them so that they can work.
Reading this, I'd bet £1000 to spat out sweet you are US-American?
Because elsewhere, most of the civilised world treats prison as rehabilitation.
* Retribution ("a punishment")
* General prevention ("a jailed person cannot keep hurting others and prison threat is a deterrent")
* Special prevention (rehabilitation)
Last time I looked, most countries are mostly for general prevention with a pinch of special prevention. Retribution is not currently defensible philosofically or technically, though some people errounesly think it's the basis of the system.
I look with envy at how they do a lot of things.
I would assume that rehabilitation does not focus on changing people's ideological values.
Am I wrong? Is that a thing in other countries?
Few countries in Western and/or Northern Europe? That's a very narrow definition.
Even without the spelling or the previous reference to GBP, I could have guessed nationality from your tone.
As far as I understand it, lengthy sentences don't work -- the likelihood of getting caught does. (I mean in a statistical sense. But I might have read this before the replication crisis, so caveat lector.)
... but also: Do you have any evidence of your claims? Literally any evidence of being who say you are?
This.
Many crimes are barely enforced; I'm thinking of some kinds of moving-traffic offences such as using a phone while driving. Because it's not enforced, people keep doing it; so the government increases the fines.
But increasing the fines has zero effect, if everyone knows the law isn't enforced.
I can’t say I lose a seconds sleep over the “victims”, they are weak minded crybabies