Crime & Punishment

Criminals like thieves, dacoits, murderers, pedophiles (child abusers), rapists, bribe takers etc. are people with psychological problems. There are many crimes committed for self existence which can only be dealt with stern policies taken by the government. Some crimes could be avoided if the criminals exercised self control.

Many won’t commit crimes if they have an element of fear. So if we had rigid laws to punish criminals the crime graph would come down. If we had such laws like cutting of hands of robbers and bribe takers, making eunuchs out of rapists and pedophiles, blinding murderers, rewarding whose who give the whereabouts of even small criminals and keeping their name confidential, the crime graph would show a downward trend after each year and most of the jails wouldn’t have been filled above capacity. Before giving these harsh punishments the criminal should be studied by eminent physiologists to check out if the crimes had been committed just for the money, pleasure or kick of it or if it was due to some deep rooted physiological problem which can be cured through psychiatric treatment and counselling.