Pereboom and Caruso propose the quarantine model as an alternative to existing models of criminal justice. They appeal to the established public health practice of quarantining people, which is believed to be effective and morally justified, to explain why -in criminal justice- it is also morally acceptable to detain wrongdoers, without assuming the existence of a retrospective moral responsibility. Wrongdoers in their model are treated as carriers of dangerous diseases and as such should be preventively detained (or rehabilitated) until they no longer pose a threat to society. Our main concern in this paper is that Pereboom and Caruso adopt an idiosyncratic meaning of quarantine regulations. We highlight a set of important disanalogies between their quarantine model and the quarantine regulations currently adopted in public health policies. More specifically, we argue that the similarities that Pereboom and Caruso propose to substantiate their analogy are not consistent—despite what they claim—with the regulations underlying quarantine as an epidemiological process. We also notice that certain quarantine procedures adopted in public health systems are inadequate to deal with criminal behaviors. On these grounds, we conclude that Pereboom and Caruso should not appeal to the quarantine analogy to substantiate their view, unless they address the issues and criticism we raise in this paper.

Pereboom 和 Caruso 提出隔离模型作为现有刑事司法模型的替代方案。他们诉诸既定的公共卫生隔离措施，这被认为是有效的且在道德上是合理的，以解释为什么在刑事司法中拘留不法分子在道德上也是可以接受的，而无需承担追溯性道德责任的存在。在他们的模型中，犯罪者被视为危险疾病的携带者，因此应该被预防性拘留（或平反），直到他们不再对社会构成威胁。我们在本文中主要关注的是 Pereboom 和 Caruso 采用了检疫规定的特殊含义。我们强调了他们的检疫模式与目前公共卫生政策中采用的检疫规定之间的一系列重要差异。更具体地说，我们认为，Pereboom 和 Caruso 为证实他们的类比而提出的相似性与作为流行病学过程的隔离检疫的规定并不一致——尽管他们声称如此。我们还注意到，公共卫生系统采用的某些检疫程序不足以应对犯罪行为。基于这些理由，我们得出结论，Pereboom 和 Caruso 不应诉诸隔离类比来证实他们的观点，除非他们解决了我们在本文中提出的问题和批评。我们还注意到，公共卫生系统采用的某些检疫程序不足以应对犯罪行为。基于这些理由，我们得出结论，Pereboom 和 Caruso 不应诉诸隔离类比来证实他们的观点，除非他们解决了我们在本文中提出的问题和批评。我们还注意到，公共卫生系统采用的某些检疫程序不足以应对犯罪行为。基于这些理由，我们得出结论，Pereboom 和 Caruso 不应诉诸隔离类比来证实他们的观点，除非他们解决了我们在本文中提出的问题和批评。