From the Tragedy of Torture to the Comedy of Reform, Will of Power and Collective Consciousness

From the beginning of eighteenth century punitive moral in the West has experienced two different periods: first torture and then economics of chastisement. In each of these periods punishment has special nature and function. In the first stage punishment was similar to the terrible tragedy of violence and mutilation. In contrast in the second stage punitive reactions completely changed and violence was replaced by reform and rehabilitation of criminals.
About transition from the tragedy of torture to the comedy of reform a legal and criminological analysis has always been present. Based on these analysis transition from violence to reform is considered as Humanization of criminal law. But reforming criminal policy not only failed to reform criminals, but also failed to protect human dignity of offenders. Then we can claim that continuing of reform policy was not because of its reforming character. In contrast there is some hidden functions and reasons that cause continuing of reform policy.