Aims of Punishment

Question 1

Deterrence

Answer 1

To put other people off committing the same crime by showing them what will happen to them this is a very powerful because it uses likely punishment as a way of persuading people to keep the law.

Prisons

death penalty

Question 2

Protection

Answer 2

To protect society from criminals.
Serious offenders are taken out of society and put into prison to protect the rest of the community from other offences that they may commit.

Question 3

Retribution

Answer 3

Making criminals pay for what they have done wrong and giving justice to the victims.

Question 4

Reformation

Answer 4

To make criminals a better person so that they do not commit crimes again.