Evaluate Incapacitation

Question 1

What is the purpose of incapacitation?

Answer 1

Punishment must serve a useful purpose for society as a whole

Question 2

What is the aim of incapacitation?

Answer 2

A sentence of the court to prevent offending and preventing the offender from exercising their right to freedom

Question 3

What are some examples of incapacitation?

Answer 3

Custodial sentences
Chemical castration
Electronic tagging
Driving bans
Removal of limbs

Question 4

What theory supports incapacitation?

Answer 4

Lombroso - criminals are biologically different from the rest of the population and so it is impossible to rehabilitate them

Question 5

What is the problem with incapacitation favouring longer sentences?

Answer 5

Causes prison to be overused and so creates a warehouse of offenders who have little hope of being released

Question 6

How could incapacitation cause reoffending?

Answer 6

It does not deal with the cause of the crime it only contains the prisoners

Question 7

How does incapacitation have a negative impact on the economy?

Answer 7

Prison is expensive and is paid through taxes

Question 8

What is the issues with incapacitation and wrong convictions?

Answer 8

Causes innocent people to be put in prison for a long time

Question 9

What are issues with studies on incapacitation and gender?

Answer 9

They are mainly focused on males so it may have a different effect on women