Counting on each other, as human beings to act and behave within society's norms is what makes a neighborhood, community, public gathering and society in general work peacefully. When someone violates those norms and disrupts the peaceful balance of trust then the process of restoration by law begins. Criminals argue that they are punished to harshly and citizens complain that offenders are not punished hard enough.

Punishment for crimes has been around since the beginning of man in one form or another. Retribution for crimes has always been to punish the offender in order to keep them from offending again. The type of punishment formulated and employed is affected by trends in government, economics, history and social movements. The idea of deterrence has been popular since the 1700s such as branding the offenders or whipping and shaming in proportions that would outweigh the benefit of the crime. However, humanitarian movements changed the way offenders were treated, these

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