Prevention of Crime - A bit excessive
Preventive Detention or Prevention of crime, we hear these things often in today's highly volatile world. Prevention is better than cure, the old cliche goes that way. In terms of crime, there is no cure after a crime is commited. The punishment is just to prevent the recurrence of the same. It aims to
1. Prevent more people from commiting the crime, the punishment given to one fears the other potential criminals
2. Detains the criminal and tries to imbibe in him/her a social correctness.
But the victim is not getting back what he/she lost. So what does the police do to ensure a crime free world. Recently there were arrests in california of people who on chat tried to seduce minor girls and who would have done that if they had got a chance. Investigative officers over chat posed as minor girls and found that these people have a motive to commit crime.
Now in this situation, the people have not done any crime in reality. The investigative officers have checked if these people would commit this crime if given a chance. Is this prevention of crime? Prevention of crime comes in when there is a real victim who is about to be affected by the actions of the criminal. Then the criminal is arrested to save the victim. But where there was no likely victim and the cops do a check on your inclination to crime and detain you, it becomes atrocious.
May be 1 out of these 29 people might have done a mischief in reality. That one crime has been averted. But 29 people are arrested for that one person to be stopped. Normal people would definitely commit a crime if given a chance. Given a chance will a person take a bribe doesnt really make it a crime. If the person does take a bribe in a real situation, only then does it qualify as a criminal act.
On the one side we see such gross intrusions into Human Rights and on the other we see HR activists claiming to bring down capitol punishment, reduce punishments and all that. That other side tends to make criminals feel safe, while the first one tends to make mortals feel unsafe. Both are wrong. The need is to have a strict punishment regime that deters criminals, but to apply it only when a crime is commited.
1. Prevent more people from commiting the crime, the punishment given to one fears the other potential criminals
2. Detains the criminal and tries to imbibe in him/her a social correctness.
But the victim is not getting back what he/she lost. So what does the police do to ensure a crime free world. Recently there were arrests in california of people who on chat tried to seduce minor girls and who would have done that if they had got a chance. Investigative officers over chat posed as minor girls and found that these people have a motive to commit crime.
Now in this situation, the people have not done any crime in reality. The investigative officers have checked if these people would commit this crime if given a chance. Is this prevention of crime? Prevention of crime comes in when there is a real victim who is about to be affected by the actions of the criminal. Then the criminal is arrested to save the victim. But where there was no likely victim and the cops do a check on your inclination to crime and detain you, it becomes atrocious.
May be 1 out of these 29 people might have done a mischief in reality. That one crime has been averted. But 29 people are arrested for that one person to be stopped. Normal people would definitely commit a crime if given a chance. Given a chance will a person take a bribe doesnt really make it a crime. If the person does take a bribe in a real situation, only then does it qualify as a criminal act.
On the one side we see such gross intrusions into Human Rights and on the other we see HR activists claiming to bring down capitol punishment, reduce punishments and all that. That other side tends to make criminals feel safe, while the first one tends to make mortals feel unsafe. Both are wrong. The need is to have a strict punishment regime that deters criminals, but to apply it only when a crime is commited.
posted by Devanathan at 1:26 PM
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