Crimes in many countries have gone beyond the alarming rate and it is a common practice to put convicted people behind bars. A segment of society opines that not all crimes are equal and repercussion of harsh sentence for all offences is uncivilised. They outline the need for unpaid community service as punishments for mild-offenders and youngsters. I believe that certain offenders should be given non-custodial sentences.
The predominant reason for me to believe that unpaid community services like cleaning streets, planting trees, and working for charity instead of prison is that many offenders are not born-criminals and the circumstance often incite them to commit a felony. Besides, when such unpremeditated convicts are expelled from society, they incline to re-offend in isolation as there is none to accept them. Apart from this, juvenile delinquents should be rehabilitated by indulging them in community services.
On the contrary, brutal offenders who commit heinous crimes like premeditated murder, vandalism, abduction, hijacking, rapes and so on should be punished to set examples in society. Thus, the background of a criminal and the motif of a crime should be considered. For instance, if a teenager steals food from a store as his mother is starving is a completely different scenario than someone robbing an old lady. The former deserves a second chance while the latter should be imprisoned.
To recapitulate, someone with no previous record of crime and a sensible reason for minor misconduct should be treated differently than a serial killer. The objective of the law is to maintain peace in the society, not to punish people. Thus unpaid community service is a great option to let some convicted lament for their crime.
Crimes
in
many
countries have gone beyond the alarming rate and it is a common practice to put convicted
people
behind bars. A segment of
society
opines that not all
crimes
are equal and repercussion of harsh sentence for all
offences
is
uncivilised
. They outline the need for unpaid
community
service as punishments for mild-offenders and youngsters. I believe that certain offenders should be
given
non-custodial sentences.
The predominant reason for me to believe that unpaid
community
services like cleaning streets, planting trees, and working for charity
instead
of prison is that
many
offenders are not born-criminals and the circumstance
often
incite them to commit a felony.
Besides
, when such unpremeditated convicts
are expelled
from
society
, they incline to re-offend in isolation as there is none to accept them. Apart from this, juvenile delinquents should
be rehabilitated
by indulging them in
community
services.
On the contrary
, brutal offenders who commit heinous
crimes
like premeditated murder, vandalism, abduction, hijacking, rapes and
so
on should
be punished
to set examples in
society
.
Thus
, the background of a criminal and the motif of a
crime
should
be considered
.
For instance
, if a
teenager
steals food from a store as his mother is starving is a completely
different
scenario than someone
robbing
an
old
lady. The former deserves a second chance while the latter should
be imprisoned
.
To recapitulate, someone with no previous record of
crime
and a sensible reason for minor misconduct should
be treated
differently
than a serial killer. The objective of the law is to maintain peace in the
society
, not to punish
people
.
Thus
unpaid
community
service is a great option to
let
some
convicted lament for their
crime
.