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Retribution
Retribution
Retribution
Retribution
Placing sanctions on an
offender
Relates
to
revenge
or
payback, but is bigger than
this. It also ensures the
offender
is
adequately
punished
Vengeance
DETERRENCE
To put potential criminals off committing crimes.
Persuade those who are thinking about committing
crimes to think again.
Drunken drivers: deter other would-be drunken
drivers
Deterrence
INCAPACITATION
Remove offenders ability to commit further offences.
To make difficult for the offender to commit the
crime again
LOCK THEM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY
Imprisonment separates offenders from the community, removing or
reducing the likelihood that the offender will commit future offenses.
This type of punishment seeks to protect innocent members of
society from offenders who might harm them.
The death penalty does this in a permanent way.
In Shariah Law, people who stole have been punished by having their
hands amputated.
Incapacitation
REHABILATION
This approach believes that people can be reformed
with appropriate supervision and treatment.
Doing whatever was done to you back will only create a
worse situation & no one learns anything.
INDIVIDUALISED SENTENCING: the punishment must
fit offender, not necessarily the crime (Hashim Yeop A
Sani J in PP v Loo Choon Fatt)
Suitable for young offenders & no previous bad record.
Adults: ineffective.
Rehabilitation