EXAM Aims Of Criminal Sanctions

Question 1

Describe the deterrent

Answer 1

Law aims to deter the offender from committing the same or similar offences in the future

Question 2

Describe punish

Answer 2

So the victims or their families can seek retribution without taking law into their own hands

Question 3

Describe protection

Answer 3

Protections such as imprisonment is used because the accused is seemed a danger to society

Question 4

Describe denunciation

Answer 4

Court may give a harsh enough sentence to show their disapproval and that this behaviour will not be accepted in society

Question 5

Describe rehabilitate

Answer 5

In society’s interest to help offenders change their ways