Cost of Justice

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Cost of Justice

Introduction

Justice is ideally considered as the regulatory force in a given society, which upholds the principles of fairness and equity for all of the citizens. Any form of society is developed by an interlinked relationship basis of the residents, where they have to work together to achieve mutual societal objectives. In this perspective there can occur instances where the rights of the individuals are threatened by internal or external factors. In this scenario there has to be an objective and fair regulatory force which ensures that the rights of every citizen are preserved, and the individuals that have caused harm to society or others, are adequately punished. In the traditional perspective justice was considered as a highly one dimensional and negative phenomenon. The relevant legal authorities generally developed the laws and policies to ensure that the criminals were severely punished for their crimes, and they experienced the greatest physical and psychological pain. The jails were designed to completely isolate the prisoners and cut them of from every form of normal society (Cole et Al, 2012). In this perspective the jail sentence rarely had a positive impact o the lives of the prisoner and their negative attitudes only got heighted by their federal punishments.

It is due to the ineffectiveness of this traditional system, that the contemporary justice system is developed on the basis of rehabilitation. The new justice system seeks to allow the prisoners a positive environment in the relevant jails, so that they are able to renter the society as a positive influence. The ideology of the contemporary global justice system is based on the concept that the regulatory authorities have to possess an objective and non biased point of view, and they should not treat the criminals as burdens on the society. ...