Условие:
Criticism of the present prison system of punishment has focused mainly on its rehabilitative and preventive functions. Critics point out that recidivism - the commission of another crime after the offender has served a sentence for the first time - is high. Thus the system seems ineffective as a cure for, or a restraint upon, those factors in offenders which may lead to criminal acts. Furthermore, because there is no way to predict the future behaviour of individuals, the length of sentence and the release date may have no relationship to the prison time necessary to effect a cure in, or rehabilitate an offender. Many criminologists insist that there is no adequate body to demonstrate that any punishment, capital punishment included, has a restraining effect on potential criminal behavior.
