Crime control - punishment

Question 1

What are the 4 purposes of punishment via prison?

Answer 1

1. Deterance
2. Rehab
3. Incapacitation
4. Retribuiton

Question 2

Define deterance

Answer 2

before someone commits crime, they may fear consquences

Question 3

Define rehab

Answer 3

restoring someone’s health or normal life via therapy or training (after imprisonment0

Question 4

Define Incapacitation

Answer 4

takes dangerous people off the streets, to protect public

Question 5

Define retribution

Answer 5

victim’s act of revenge to perpetrator

Question 6

There are two types of justice; retribuitive and restrictive . Which applies to which era?

Answer 6

pre industrial - retributive

modern- restrictive

Question 7

Outline marxist views on punishment

Answer 7

1. punishment systems are repressive state apparatus (RSA). Keeping proletariat in their place and oppressed.

2.punishment in modern society is 2 tiered becuase people of different economic treated differently . eg mc can pay compensation

3. Prison mimics the workplace- put to work 24 hrs , people in power control your routine

Question 8

is prison an effective form of punishment?

Answer 8

• prison populations are growing. since 1993 it has doubled
• 2/3 of offenders reoffend , majority
• Vulnerable people placed under control of multiple instituions , doesnt help rehab them

Question 9

What are the alternatives to prison?

Answer 9

community service
restorative justice - say sorry to victim
localised justice