U3 AOS1 The purpose of Sanctions

Question 1

rehabilitation

Answer 1

one purpose of a
sanction, designed to reform an offender in order to prevent
them from committing
offences in the future

Question 2

community correction
order (CCO)

Answer 2

a flexible, non-custodial
sanction (one that
does not involve a
prison sentence) that the offender serves in the community, with conditions attached to
the order

Question 3

punishment

Answer 3

one purpose of a
sanction, designed to penalise (punish) the offender and show society and the victim
that criminal behaviour
will not be tolerated

Question 4

deterrence

Answer 4

one purpose of a
sanction, designed
to discourage the
offender and others in the community
from committing
similar offences

Question 5

general deterrence

Answer 5

one purpose of a
sanction, designed to discourage others in
the community from committing similar offences

Question 6

specific deterrence

Answer 6

one purpose of a
sanction, designed to
discourage the offender
from committing
further offences

Question 7

denunciation

Answer 7

one purpose of a
sanction, designed
to demonstrate
the community’s
disapproval of the
offender’s actions

Question 8

protection

Answer 8

one purpose of a
sanction, designed
to safeguard the
community from an offender by preventing
them from committing
further offence (by imprisoning the
offender)

Question 9

indefinite sentence

Answer 9

a term of imprisonment
that has no fixed end date, usually given to the most serious offenders