Hard Determinism

• Crime a mental condition that can be treated 


  • accepts determining factors in an individual's life
  • cannot be blamed or their blame is limited
  • treatments should be therapeutic - aimed at helping and healing
  • offers reformation
• Pointless punishing or rewarding as all events are determined and unavoidable
• Skinner

  punishing not effective as after punishment they will go back to original behaviour - makes people aggressive and resentful