Deterrence
Introduction
Deterrence is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially to a person that has an essential position and be compliant to the will and wishes. Deterrence may be either specific or general. Specific deterrence is what is done to offenders to prevent them from deciding to commit another offense. General deterrence is what is done to the offenders to prevent others from engaging in wrong behaviors.
The following paper attempts to discuss various ways the Supreme Court has ruled that states may incarcerate dangerous sex offers after they have served their sentence and protecting the sex offenders from the local community and how this decision goes along with the deterrence.
A large and increasing number of prison inmates are the sexual offender. The Supreme Court has allowed the government to detain prisoners who engage in any sexually violent conduct. Deterrence of prison may lead to the prisoner who has a mental illness and would have difficulty in controlling themselves hence committing more crime that is sexual. It may lead to holding such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous, or the state assumes responsibility for them. The deterrence of prisoners may lead to the development of other diseases and additions.
Civil commitment is proceeding is used in some states to remove the habitual sex offender from society for a certain period or indefinite time. Public responsibility for sex offenders can happen after they have already severed the sentence for their crime and without violating other laws. Therefore, civil commitment is beneficial for the protection of the people from the local authority.
The numbers of ways used by the Supreme Court to deal with the sex offenders are not that good since they torture the offender mentally, and they may lead repeating of the same crime. Deterrence happens when the offender is not able to repeat the same crime and not to influence others from committing the same crime, but not affecting the offender mentally. Therefore, I strongly feel that the decision by the Supreme Court not as per the deterrence, and this is not fair. The proper way to address the problem of sexual and protect society from sexual offenders is by sexual registration offenders’ law where the offender registers after they realized from the prison as a notification to the community.
Conclusion
Deterrence may be either specific or general. Specific deterrence is what is done to offenders to prevent them from deciding to commit another offense. General deterrence is what is done to the offenders to prevent others from engaging in wrong behaviors. The Supreme Court should impose laws that do not affect prisoners mentally and also health-wise.