Should our criminal justice system be more punitive or rehabilitative? Why?

I feel our justice system should be more punitive because many other countries have much more punitive punishments, which has lower the crime rates in those countries heavily. Another reason is that out justice system is based on rehabilitation which is good for the criminals as they get another chance but the citizens who are following the law are more likely in danger if the criminals are not rehabilitated.

I can analyze evidence to make judgements

I did this when we had the assignment on OJ Simpson, we watched the Netflix documentary and gathered all the evidence from the film and wrote a few paragraphs for the defense and the crown. After the paragraphs we used the evidence to see who we think the murder was.