Author Question: As a crime-control strategy, does incapacitation actually reduce crime? Support your response by ... (Read 74 times)

Zoey63294 · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

As a crime-control strategy, does incapacitation actually reduce crime? Support your response by explaining why or why not.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Separating offenders from the community to reduce the opportunity for further commission of crime is the goal and objective of sentencing known as

a. rehabilitation.
b. deterrence.
c. incapacitation.
d. retribution.

morrie123456 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Placing more criminals behind bars should decrease the crime rate if they are incarcerated during their prime crime years. This is because incarceration shortens criminals' span of opportunity to commit crimes. There is little evidence, however, that incapacitating criminals will actually deter them from committing future crimes. In fact, there may be reason to believe they may be more inclined to commit more crimes upon release.

Answer to Question 2

c