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Explain how different individuals can have wildly different opinions on what the goals of the criminal justice system should be.
Different individuals can have wildly different opinions on what the goals of the criminal justice system should be due to different perceptions of the criminal justice system.
The main aim of punishment is elimination and retribution. Retribution is referred to that the criminal face punishment for his crime and prevention means people fear the punishment.
An retribution is based on the concept of an eye to an eye type justice.
It focused to ensure the Justice by giving criminal punishment for committed crime.
On the other side of the hand, prevention focuses on that people feel fear on making crime due to punishment.
Both methods are important for justice because retribution(eye to eye type justice) is very effective for short-term justice (quick and event oriented) and prevention is used for long-term effects that help to eliminate crimes.
The current trend of Justice focused more on prevention than retribution.