The Point of Rehabilitation
The focus on the offender, not the offense, is the key to the superiority of rehabilitation over other sanction forms. Rehabilitation deals with the reform of the offender by providing “group counseling, education, job training, substance abuse treatment, and behavior modification programs” which, ultimately benefits the greater societal good (Spohn, 2009: 15).
It can even incorporate deterrence and incapacitation but with a far greater end-result. The ability to commit crimes can be taken away from criminals ...
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