Aims Of Punishment

Question 1

Retribution (4 features)

Answer 1

Eye for an eye, doesn’t aim to change behaviour, punishment fits the crime, E.G: 25yrs for murder rest of life on license

Question 2

Retribution (negatives)

Answer 2

Difficult to match punishment & crime.

Circumstances aren’t taken into account.

Question 3

Rehab (3)

Answer 3

Change behaviour, forward looking, lowers recidivism

Question 4

Rehab (1 pos, 2 neg)

Answer 4

+) teaches offenders how to live a normal life.

• ) Not a punishment
• ) Depends on the offenders and their offence (1st criminals more likely to rehab)

Question 5

Deterrence (individual: features)

Answer 5

Punishes individual to prevent recidivism. E.G: scared straight.
Links to right realism, offender has rational choice, make choice harder by having harsher punishment

Question 6

Deterrence (general: features and 1 neg)

Answer 6

Use person sentenced as an example to induce public to crime.
-) only effective if we hear about it in the media.

Question 7

Public protection (features)

Answer 7

E.G: ASBO’s
Remove offender from society making it harder for them to harm the public.
Link to bio theories (criminals are diff)

Question 8

Reparation (features & 1 pos, 1 neg)

Answer 8

Making up for crime committed, left realism (brings those on the margins of society back in)
+) reoffending lowered by 27%
-) people breach ASBO’s (nearly 50% breached)