AC2.2 Discuss the aims of punishment Flashcards
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What does retribution mean?
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This literally means ‘payback’. Inflicting punishment on an offender as revenge for a criminal act. They get their just desert. For example, murdering someone would lead to a life imprisonment sentence.
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What is retribution about satisfying?
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The moral outrage of society, not for deterrence or rehabilitation, it is about punishing people.
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