AlexWinter said:
By raping them. Personally.
I think rape might be the one crime where after someone has it done to them they'll never do it again.
I don't condone the an eye for an eye mentality but... raping a rapist just seems like the right way to go here followed by incarceration and rehabilitation.
I'm probably forgetting/overlooking something here, feel free to tell me why I'm wrong.
The most obvious one would be that a lot of people who commit crimes have had those crimes committed against them in the past. In many cases people "cope" with their trauma by doing it to another, to regain control over their life. Obviously not all rapists fit that category, but it is very common to see cycles in these kinds of things.
Most people who do no commit crimes against others have been taught to respect other people. Most who do have not. You don't often see people who are brought up in a loving, caring and secure environment turn out to be criminals. Of course it happens, but statistically they are in the minority by a long shot.
People who are abused or suffer and don't get the proper help find their own ways to deal with it, and in many cases they turn into the same kind of person they have suffered at the hands of.
DugMachine said:
I believe it should be a life long sentence. I don't really 'get' rehabilitation. Lock em up for years, they seem 'fine' and then let them out and good chance they'll rape again.
Not to say nobody has never been rehabilitated but I just don't get how we can tell.
It doesn't work because of the way prisons work. People fight to survive in prisons and that doesn't often result in people being able to adjust back in the "real world". It's like how military personnel often struggle when returning from tour. When you spend most of your day watching over your shoulder, or fighting for your life, it's not easy to readjust.
The prisons systems across the world would need a complete overhaul to be effective in regards to rehabilitation.
Of course the problem with life imprisonment is that people outside prison are the ones keeping them there with their taxes. Some prisoners live more comfortably than non-criminals who work full-time. They don't have the same freedom, but they still have a higher quality of living.