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PUNISHMENT - Coggle Diagram
PUNISHMENT
REDUCTION:
- One justification for punishing offenders is that is prevents further crime
- this can be done through:
- DETERRENCE:
- punishing individual discourages them from future offending
- 'making an example' of them may serve as deterrence oto the public at large
- REHABILITATION:
- idea that unsihment can be used to reform or change offenders so they no longer offend
- include anger management courses for violent offenders
- INCAPACITATION: use of punishment to remove offenders ability to offend again
- policies In different societies have included: imprisonment, execution, cutting off of hands
- this justification is an instrumental one- punsishment is.a means to an end, namely crime reduction
RETRIBUTION
- Means 'paying back'
- its justification for punishing crimes hat have already been committed, rather than preventing future crimes
- based on idea hat offenders deserve to be punished and society is entitled to take its revenge in the offender for breaching moral code
- expressive view of punishment- expresses societys outrage
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