AC 2.2 aims of punishment:
Types of sentence:
Discharge
Fine
Community service
Custodial sentence
Purposes of punishment/ aims of sentencing: s.142 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Punishment/ Retribution: eye for an eye, element of revenge, display of public revulsion.
Doesn’t seek to alter future behaviour, backwards looking. Right realist approach.
Protecting the public: keep people imprisoned to keep society safe, right realists,
Lombroso,
Rehabilitation of offender: alter the offenders mindset so re-offending can be prevented,
forward looking, assumes criminal behaviour is of free will and rational choice.
Eysenck/Banduras learning theory. Sociological theories and left realism favours
rehabilitation.
Reducing crime/Deterrence: prevention, forward thinking, short sharp punishments,
Banduras social learning theory, Marxists,
Recompensating victims if appropriate: making amends, financial compensation or
unpaid work, allows victim and offender to come together and communicate, labelling
theory, functionalism.
Types of sentence:
Discharge
Fine
Community service
Custodial sentence
Purposes of punishment/ aims of sentencing: s.142 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Punishment/ Retribution: eye for an eye, element of revenge, display of public revulsion.
Doesn’t seek to alter future behaviour, backwards looking. Right realist approach.
Protecting the public: keep people imprisoned to keep society safe, right realists,
Lombroso,
Rehabilitation of offender: alter the offenders mindset so re-offending can be prevented,
forward looking, assumes criminal behaviour is of free will and rational choice.
Eysenck/Banduras learning theory. Sociological theories and left realism favours
rehabilitation.
Reducing crime/Deterrence: prevention, forward thinking, short sharp punishments,
Banduras social learning theory, Marxists,
Recompensating victims if appropriate: making amends, financial compensation or
unpaid work, allows victim and offender to come together and communicate, labelling
theory, functionalism.
