A VARIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS MAKE RETRIBUTION AN UNSUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO CRIME REDUCTION.
There is even some evidence that punishment can lead to increased offending through operation of the “gambler’s fallacy. That is, if I was punished now then it is unlikely that I will get caught and be punished again. In addition, applying maximum punishment can have undesired consequences ranging from learned helplessness to retaliatory aggression). The long and short of all of this is how can one possibly expect that a policy centered on punishment can reduce criminal behavior?
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