Criminology Unit 4 - AC 2.2; Aims of
Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)
Where can the aims of sentencing be found? - Correct
Answers ✅Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
What are the six aims of punishment? - Correct Answers
✅Retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, public
protection/incapacitation, reparation, and denunciation
What is retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Has an element of
revenge in wanting to ensure the offender gets what they
deserve and that a sufficient measure of justice is reached
What aspect of the legal system supports retribution? -
Correct Answers ✅The Sentencing Council
What does the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 say about the
guidelines of the Sentencing Council? - Correct Answers
✅The guidelines must be followed by the courts, unless it is
in the interest of justice to do otherwise
Give examples of punishments that meet the aim of
retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Mandatory life sentence
for murder and increasing punishments for hate crimes
Which two aims of punishment link to right realism? -
Correct Answers ✅Retribution and public protection
, Criminology Unit 4 - AC 2.2; Aims of
Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)
How does right realism link to retribution? - Correct
Answers ✅The offender is being sufficiently punished for
their crime without the consideration of moral reasoning and
no plans to prevent future behaviour are addressed
What is rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Reforming
offenders so they can move back into society
What is the main focu of rehabilitation? - Correct Answers
✅Altering the behaviour of an offender to prevent them
reoffending
What is the main assumption of rehabilitation? - Correct
Answers ✅Crime is a result of free will and rational choice,
meaning something can be done about it
Give an example a of punishments that meets the aim of
rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Community sentences
(e.g. probation orders) because they involve conditions such
as work, education, or treatments for addictions
What is the Drug Treatment and Testing Order? - Correct
Answers ✅A punishment brought in to rehabilitate
offenders committing crime as a result of drugs by
supervising them to stop their drug use
Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)
Where can the aims of sentencing be found? - Correct
Answers ✅Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
What are the six aims of punishment? - Correct Answers
✅Retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, public
protection/incapacitation, reparation, and denunciation
What is retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Has an element of
revenge in wanting to ensure the offender gets what they
deserve and that a sufficient measure of justice is reached
What aspect of the legal system supports retribution? -
Correct Answers ✅The Sentencing Council
What does the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 say about the
guidelines of the Sentencing Council? - Correct Answers
✅The guidelines must be followed by the courts, unless it is
in the interest of justice to do otherwise
Give examples of punishments that meet the aim of
retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Mandatory life sentence
for murder and increasing punishments for hate crimes
Which two aims of punishment link to right realism? -
Correct Answers ✅Retribution and public protection
, Criminology Unit 4 - AC 2.2; Aims of
Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025)
How does right realism link to retribution? - Correct
Answers ✅The offender is being sufficiently punished for
their crime without the consideration of moral reasoning and
no plans to prevent future behaviour are addressed
What is rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Reforming
offenders so they can move back into society
What is the main focu of rehabilitation? - Correct Answers
✅Altering the behaviour of an offender to prevent them
reoffending
What is the main assumption of rehabilitation? - Correct
Answers ✅Crime is a result of free will and rational choice,
meaning something can be done about it
Give an example a of punishments that meets the aim of
rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Community sentences
(e.g. probation orders) because they involve conditions such
as work, education, or treatments for addictions
What is the Drug Treatment and Testing Order? - Correct
Answers ✅A punishment brought in to rehabilitate
offenders committing crime as a result of drugs by
supervising them to stop their drug use
