Aims of Punishment

Question 1

What is ‘Protection’?

Answer 1

• Where the punishment protects us from the criminal. Prison is an example of this

Question 2

What is ‘Retribution’?

Answer 2

• Where the punishment allows the victims to ‘get their own back’. An example is the death penalty, this could be seen as ‘an eye for an eye’

Question 3

Define ‘Deterrence’

Answer 3

• Where the punishment puts others off committing the crime.

Question 4

Define ‘Reformation’

Answer 4

• Where the punishment reforms the criminal. It should make them into a better person

Question 5

What is ‘Reparation’?

Answer 5

• Where the punishment gets the criminal to fix or pay back what they have done. Community service for vandalism is an example

Question 6

This is perhaps the most important, what is ‘Vindication’?

Answer 6

• Where the punishment fits the crime and people feel they have justice.