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.
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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
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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
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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
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Safer Communities
Decreased amount of criminals roaming the
society; letting criminals having a chance of a
new and better life
CRIMINION
CORCAN
Lion Heart
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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
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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.
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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
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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”
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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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