It is considered by some people that giving a
punishment
for all criminal acts is more effective. There are certain merits and demerits of implementing a fixed
punishment
for all crimes.
There are several positive outcomes of fixed
punishment
.
To begin
with, the fixed
punishment
is productive in the case when someone is influential or wealthy. Without considering the person influence, it
people who are influential, as they would come to know that they would get a same
punishment
, no matter how much money or influence they possess. There are people who may manipulate the court decision, by the use of money, but the presence of a fixed
punishment
, the decision of the sentencing could not be changed in the court of law.
This
, in turn, means the criminal offences would reduced, as the results and
punishment
would remain the same for the rich and the poor. Another beneficial aspect is that fixed
punishment
for each
crime
, reduces the
crime
rate enormously.
This
is because due to the presence of the stringent
policy
regarding a
punishment
for a specific
crime
, it would be hard for people to think about a
crime
, as they would be aware of the repercussions of it.
This
, in turn, means when opting for a
crime
there would be no thinking about the ease in the
punishment
policy
in the criminal mind. A recent report by the International Criminal Organization,
for example
, showed that after announcing an exact
policy
for each
crime
, results in reducing
crime
60% to 25% in Ireland.
However
, there are several downsides to
this
policy
.
Firstly
, it is detrimental for people who opt for a
crime
or offence in defence. Giving the exact same
punishment
to a person who attempt a murder while defending himself or family members is disastrous for him.
In other words
, there are people in society who take an offensive action, owing to safe themselves from getting
. Research by Oxford University,
for instance
, showed that 10% death sentences to people in Malaysia,
areintroduces an alternative
to those who have murdered someone, in the self-defence.
Thus
, it results in destroying the life of an individual and his family members.
Secondly
, teenagers may be affected badly by giving the harsh
punishment
for their actions, which they have undergone unintentionally. Younger people due to their inexperienced nature, may opt for a
crime
, which would be
doneproduced by a manufacturing process
from them, as they would not be able to avoid it, for which they may get
.
This
, in turn, would damage their character and is highly likely to motivate them to
further
crime
.
In conclusion, it is argued that a fixed
punishment
is having productive outcomes. The advantages of
this
policy
are that the influential people would receive the same
punishment
and reducing the
crime
, as well as the drawbacks are that it may be disastrous for people who opt for offence in self-protection and teenagers may become highly vulnerable to
further
crime
.