Historical research shows that punishment is the length of human life. With a brief review of the various policies and strategies adopted to combat crime and criminals instrument response can influence the theoretical foundations and patterns as inspiration sources policymakers criminal (or punitive) realized. Punish and punish offenders over several centuries for the purpose of development is affected in a way that in every era and the era, the goal is certain to follow. Despite the continuous dynamics of criminal thinking that led to the emergence of various schools have been. In the past, the goal of simply punishing punishment, intimidation and exclusion were the culprits. For a long time, corporal punishment was the only form of punishment and sentencing as a human being considered and will not be considered. Changed punishments were deep and broad. Man look led to criminal penalties as much as possible and whenever possible, to return offenders to the community and not be used to repeat offenders of anti-social acts. Thus, the goal is building community with the aim of opening up the criminal policy of moderation and forgiveness will lead to penal institutions, such as: pardon, parole, early release, deferred sentences, suspended sentences of its results. Therefore the aim of the present paper to the categories of major historical developments from the perspective of punishment as a criminology major schools of classical, neoclassical, and the realization of social defense and to consider scrutinized.