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by Fargren 4958 days ago
I do not believe the purpose of incarceration should ever be justice for the victim, it should be safety for other potential victims (either from the criminal, or from those who would see the crime go unpunished and decide they can do the same). That's the reason why we should put mentally insane criminals in mental institutions and not in jail, too; if everything works well, that should shield the lowest chance of more people being hurt.

If you want justice for the victim, punishing the perpetrator is not the best way to go about that. Making the criminal make reparations is a solution in some cases (notably not in murder).