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Task 2: Should criminals get jail terms or community service?

Supporters of lengthy jail terms may say…

1.   Whoever violates the law should undoubtedly be punished.

2.   They can receive systematic and comprehensive reeducation and rehabilitation through labour under the supervision and guidance of the correction officers.

3.   Only in this way do criminals know that crime does not pay.

4.   Just as the idiom goes: ‘They deserve their punishment.’ Ruthless and tough criminals don’t deserve special funding and education.

5.   Lengthy jail terms function as an effective warning and deterrent to would-be criminals, and help prevent and lower crime rate.

6.   It is fair to the victim and his family. Putting the criminals in jail does justice to the victim and ensures social order.

7.   It prevents criminals from repeating and offence.

8.   It punishes one as a warning to others.

9.   Rehabilitation programmes such as community service are not as effective as people expect. Sufficient evidence has shown that there is a high rate of repeating offence.

10. Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people.

11. We can never sacrifice the common good of the public on account of mercy and so-called humanitarianism.

12. They are potential threats and risks to law-abiding citizens. They are time bombs planted among innocent people.

Supporters of community service may say…

1.   It is a very necessary and effective measure to reeducate wrongdoers through community service. We should combine punitive and curative treatment in the transformation of wrongdoers. If we offer assistance and guidance when they are required to do some community service, they will realise that they are still a member of the society and that they are not looked down upon and discriminated against, and that they can still contribute their share to the development of society.

2. Give the wrongdoers a chance to correct their misconduct and start with a new slate. Some offenders are good in essence, but go astray under some negative influences.

3. Helping criminals to abandon evil and do good is of greater significance than merely locking them up in prisons.

4. A wrongdoer achieves salvation as soon as he gives up evil.

5. A fault confessed is half redressed.

6. Remoulding a criminal is of equal importance as the training of useful personnel.

7. The basic function of law is not merely to punish the wrongdoer but also to regulate and supervise one’s behaviour.

8. It is a practice which embodies humanism.

9. It is economical to reform the convicts through community labour. It helps relieve the strain on the limited budget of the government.

10. Establishing and running too many prisons is a great financial strain on the government.

11. The wrongdoers will feel that they are still members of the society and they are not discriminated and looked down upon. They are offered a chance to atone for their misconduct.