Criminal justice one

As we continue to grapple with the problems of the American criminal justice system, and there are repeated calls for reform, it may be useful to revisit Dr.
Karl Menninger’s ideas on criminal justice, legal punishment, medical treatment, and rehabilitation.

Local and state law enforcement handle the majority of crimes in the U.S.
The federal government steps in where states and local municipalities lack jurisdiction, such as:

As ideas of punishment were transforming prisons between the 19th and 20th centuries, and prison administrators were looking for tools to punish or rehabilitate prisoners, there were those who questioned this core tenet of criminal justice.
One such prominent critic of the criminal justice system in the United States was Dr.
Karl A.
Menninger.