Punishment. ✗

Delinquent children under 16 could be tagged with electronic devices: the system uses an electronic device, about the size of a large watch, fastened to the criminal's wrist or ankle. It send a message to a monitoring centre which can detect if the criminals goes away from his home or not in some specified hours. It should help to reduce the number of people in prisons.

One time a man was found guilty of burglary in Mississippi, and the judges sayd that he must stand on a street corner for three hours on three days carrying a sign that read "I'm a convicted thief."
This was public shaming. In Arkansas shoplifters have been obliged to stand outside the stores with signs admitting their crimes.
In Philadelphia a butcher had to put and advice which he confessed that he sold contaminated meat.
In Texas a man who raped his wife was forced to make a public apology.
Supporters say that public humilation creates a powerful deterrent to a wide range of crimes, from drunk driving to child abuse. Instead critics think that America is going back to the 17th century Puritan age and say that these punishments are focused on revenge and not on justice.

Some supporters said that judges should be more careful on the victims of crime than crimes, particulary when they decide the punishment.Some people want prisoners working a 40-hour week to pay reparations directly to the victims of their crime. Some other people think that is better if victims of burglary 'steal' something from thieves' house.
In Britain shoplifters have been sent back to work in the same shop and talk to the owners.

However it is also important to take into account the feelings of the victims, many of whom do not want to make contact with the criminals.