Question

What are psychological theory limitations when prosecuting criminals?

Answer 1

There are various psychological theories which are considered like psychological, social and biological which are considered for taking decisions when punishing a criminal. There are problems encountered when persecuting criminals like :

• presence of two criminals found guilty for a crime but only one criminal is guilty and other is innocent but both are punished due to a faulty decision.
• There are psychopaths in society who consider themselves innocent and justified for committing such crimes as their decision depends upon the decision of prosecutor.
• mental condition and hormonal imbalance in a women with biological disorders who is a criminal for killing her children as she is suffering from biological diseases.
• Prosecuting those criminals which are suffering from DSM-IV,V and other mental diseases like depression and suicidal thoughts.
• lack of available evidence is a hurdle for prosecutors who give decision according to the federal government rules and regulations.
• traficcking of drugs with approval from licensing governmental authority and legalized prostitution prevent the prosecutors from taking decisions regarding the criminals in society.
• The level and intensity of taking decisions by prosecutors can be defended by them depending upon the intensity of crime and hindered by lack of eye-witness of crime.
• social construction of criminal behavior in society and factors which forced a criminal to commit a crime.
• biological surgery for removing fertility of criminals interfers with the decision of prosecutors to decrease their death sentence after analysis of decision by judge.

There are specific roles of a prosecutor in the American law system which decides how to punish criminals. They should have enough evidence to prove criminals guilty because trauma of criminal behavior causes loss of memory of victims and they are not able to recognize criminals. They are both an advocate and a minister of justice for serivng their clients who believe that they are innocent. The example includes Berger Vs Indian states. The work of prosecutor is different from an advocate. Skinner psychological theory believed that punishment is not inform to reform the behavior and activities of a criminal. Proper rehabilitation conditions and counseling should be provided to criminals if they want to return to their community. Prosecutors intervene on the basis of strength of available evidence and ask judge about the intensity of criminal punishment with years of punishment.