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Can criminals be rehabilitated?
Rehabilitation means: To restore to useful life, as through therapy and education
Criminal Rehabilitation includes the therapy and education programs for criminals in prison life or outside of prison. Instead of Punishment, they are taught how to live a better life.
Can criminals be rehabilitated?Some say that going through rehabilitation
teaches criminals to be safer and be a better person.
Others say that it is no use because criminals will not learn from their mistakes.
About 10% of Canadian adults are criminals Approx 110 in every 100,000 people are in
jail on average over 60% of released prisoners
return to jail Recidivism rates are between 50-80% Our current prison system has
overcrowding & other issues Approx. 35,000 people are
in Canadian jails everyday
The US has become the country with the most people incarcerated
In 2002, the US jail population exceeded 2 million
In the USA approximately 738 in every 100,000 people are in jail
In other countries there is more emphasis on rehabilitation
For example in Cuba, where there are approximately 190 in every 100,000 people in jail
1: Criminal behaviour is established at an early age 2: Criminal behaviour is hereditary Rhee and Waldman analysed a large amount of twin
studies and adoption studies relating to anti social behaviour. They concluded that the genetic background of the people in the studies played a big role on whether they showed anti social behaviour.
3: Criminal Psychopaths cannot be rehabilitated The study showed that the rate at which the
psychopaths committed the crimes as well as the violence of those crimes increased.
4: According to Andrew Vachss (1993), many criminals like Westley Allan Dodd like what they do and intend to keep on doing it.
"If I do escape I promise you, I will kill and rape again, and I will enjoy every minute of it." -Westley Allan Dodd
Safer Communities Decreased amount of criminals roaming
the society; letting criminals having a chance of a new and better life
CRIMINION CORCANLion Heart
Used in France, Germany, Indonesia, Russia, U.K., Maine, Alberta and more
Must pass with 100% on the “exam” Classes:
- The Way to Happiness- Learning Skills for Life- Understanding and Overcoming Addiction- How to Deal with Ups and Downs of Life- Successful Parenting Skills Course
CORCAN is a key rehabilitation program of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).
CORCAN's mission is to help offenders into Canadian society by providing employment and employability skills training for imprisoned offenders in federal facilities, for brief periods of time after they are released into the community.
CORCAN work program leads to a reduction in recidivism (repeating of a crime) Public safety is enhanced.
Public safety Provides a second
chance for offenders Help bring down the
numbers of repeat offenders who only end up back in jail once again
Offer help so offenders can adapt to society once again
Helps to provide criminals with an education that can help them get good jobs when they are released from prison
80 % of men and womenwill have committed ten or twenty more crimes before being arrested again and sent back to prison (of 31,000 people)
purpose of punishment is to show disapproval for the offender’s wrongdoing
The criminal justice system must stand by it’s rules and laws in order for society to see that the system is not easy to get by
Cannot completely prove that the criminal has “changed for the better”
Minor offenders could receive the rehabilitation; they must pass with 100% but re-offending and serious offenders should not have this option and must receive their punishment to realize their wrong doings.
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