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Three Correctional Ideologies In The United States

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Out of the three correctional ideologies United States used the most is punishment. The punishment ideology is a painful sanction applied to the offender, who is seen as a enemy of society. Punishment can be placed in three categories: retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation. Retribution can be getting even with an offender that has violated the rights of others. Usually they will use deterrence to try to scare away others from committing crimes by punishing the individual. Incapacitation is used by depriving the offender to commit crimes by imprisonment, probation, or house arrest. All three of those categories are used daily in United States. I do think punishment is more beneficial for United States to use. People are very dangerous
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