Purposes of Sanctions

Question 1

What is Rehabilitation

Answer 1

• This is designed to reform an offender in order to prevent them from committing crimes in the future.
• Rehab will treat offenders based on the underlying causes of them offending.

Question 2

Example of Rehabilitation

Answer 2

Community Corrections Order (CCO)

Question 3

What is Punishment

Answer 3

• This is designed to penalise the offender and show society and the victim that criminal behaviour will not be tolerated.
• When a crime has been committed, an offender has done something unacceptable to society, and must be penalised to the victim of the crime and the community feel justice has been served.

Question 4

Example of Punishment

Answer 4

Punishment is often a purpose in serious cases like murder, assault, etc.

Punishment doesn’t always necessarily mean prison, it can also mean imposing a fine.

Question 5

What is General Deterrence

Answer 5

The purpose of general deterrence is to discourage others in the community from committing offences because they see the consequences of committing the crime.

Question 6

Example of General Deterrence

Answer 6

The community knowing the sentence being imposed on the offender. Sentences should be communicated to the public&raquo_space; through the media or court websites.

Question 7

What is Specific Deterrence

Answer 7

The purpose of specific deterrence is when the court seeks to discourage a particular offender from engaging in criminal activity in the future.

Question 8

Example of Specific Deterrence

Answer 8

A judge sentencing a repeat offender to a longer prison sentence than a first-time offender for the same crime.

Question 9

What is Denunciation

Answer 9

This is designed to demonstrate the court & community’s disapproval of the offender’s actions.

Question 10

Example of Denunciation

Answer 10

the court, may give a harsh, long prison sentence for a particularly violent rape and comment that the court is showing disapproval of this type of behaviour.

Question 11

What is Protection

Answer 11

This is designed to ensure that the community is safe from any further harm that can be caused by the offender through preventing them from committing further crimes.

Question 12

Example of Protection

Answer 12

An offender being placed in prison and away from society, preventing the offender from re-offending and physically causing harm to society.