While effective rehabilitation is important, real success lies in preventing a criminal violation to begin with. This means the proper social preconditions that help ensure human well-being and the avoidance of criminal or offensive behavior must be in place. Hence, if the goal of society is to stop such behavior, the main focus can only be socioeconomic reform, not punitive threat. As research has shown, reducing negative social stress is critical, for such pressures can alter one’s
