punishments In the pictures I can see a prison, community services and an electric chair. So I am going to talk about these different forms of punishments. To begin with, In today’s time the principle object of punishment is mainly for the protection of society, stop criminals or offenders from committing more crimes in near future I think every offense like drink-driving, possession illegal drugs should be punished. So there ought to be a fixed proportion between crimes and punishments. End of punishment, is to prevent the criminal from doing further injury to society, and to prevent others from committing the like offence. As regards the first form of punishement, in my view, the jail is effective for people who have committed murders or repeated offenses. The more immediately after the commission of a crime, a punishment is inflicted, the more just and useful it will be like the prision. . In many cases prisons are a violation of human rights and a wrong measure for some offenders. So I think alternative ways of punishments can be more effective than prison. The judicial system must take into account the circumstances of each offender for example if the person has a physical or mental illness. From my point of view,the true aim of prison must be to reform and rehabilitate criminals, not to simply punish them. In my opinion, community services are effective for people who shoplift, if it´s the first time that the person have committed this misdemeanor this punishment is better than go to prison. This type of punishment is also appropriated for people who write to graffiti on streets and walls and for people who have commited traffic offenses. I believe this could be a good way to end with that form of vandalism. The works they can develop are related to the maintenance of public spaces, cleaning of green areas or support for elderly people. Concerning the electric chair I don´t believe this punishement can be effective for any offender. It is an agonizing and severe punishement that should be abolished completely in the United States.