AC 2.2 Discuss The Aims Of Punishment

Question 1

what’s the 5 aims of punishment

Answer 1

retribution
reparation
rehabilitation
deterrence
public protection

Question 2

what’s an annogram to remember the five aims of punishment

Answer 2

prosititutes really do rude vidoes regularly

Question 3

what’s three key features of retribution

Answer 3

-involves paying the offender back or taking revenge against them, giving the offender their ‘just desserts’
-an example could be an eye from an eye through the death penalty
-it doesn’t try to alter behaviour, just punish past behaviour

Question 4

what’s retribution also called

Answer 4

same as revenge

Question 5

what does just desserts mean

Answer 5

justice in terms of fairness and proportionality to the crime that was committed

Question 6

what’s two theories that can be applied to retribution

Answer 6

tight realism and functionalism

Question 7

how does retribution link to right realism

Answer 7

punishes the offender at an appropriate level and is not interested in trying to look at the causes of crime

Question 8

how does functionalism link to retribution

Answer 8

retribution expresses our disapproval of someone committing a crime which helps to provide boundary maintenance

Question 9

what’s three key features of rehabilitation

Answer 9

-looks at why offenders commit crime and tries to stop this, using programmes to change behaviour
-this may involve education, training, drug or mental health treatments or anger management
-the idea behind rehabilitation is to show offenders as an honest way of earning a living

Question 10

what’s another word for rehabilitation

Answer 10

reforming and changing offenders so that they no longer offend

Question 11

what’s two theories that link to rehabilitation

Answer 11

individualistic
left realism

Question 12

how does left realism link to rehabilitation

Answer 12

by addressing the reason why people commit crime such as unemployment and poverty , this will therefore lower the reoffending rate by

Question 13

how does individualistic theories link to rehabilitation

Answer 13

behaviour modification schemes which reward good behaviour and punish bad behaviour, can be seen in token economies
allows inmates to have more freedom if they abide by the prison rules

Question 14

what is deterrence

Answer 14

to stop someone from doing something such as by fear of punishment or being caught doing something bad

Question 15

what’s two types of deterrence

Answer 15

individual deterrence
general deterrence

Question 16

what’s individual deterrence

Answer 16

when we are punished it deters the offender, to convince the offender crime isn’t worth it such as being sent to prison is a bad experience so we are less likely to commit a crime again

Question 17

what’s general deterrence

Answer 17

when we hear of someone’s punishment and it scares us to be law abiding, as we wish to avoid getting a similar punishment

Question 18

what three theories link to deterrence

Answer 18

right realism
marxism
social learning theory

Question 19

how does right realism link to deterrence

Answer 19

sees people acting rationally that weigh up the pros and cons, therefore severe punishments and a high chance of being caught will deter people

Question 20

how does social learning theory link to deterrence

Answer 20

seeing other people commit crime and their consequences, will learn it’s bad behaviour so won’t repeat it

Question 21

how does marxism link to deterrence

Answer 21

harsh punishments against the working class, is a form of deterrence as they are heavily policed to stop them rebelling against those in power

Question 22

what’s three key features of public protection

Answer 22

-by putting an offender in prison it protects society
-there are various methods to protect the public, such as prison, electronic tagging and chemical castration
-a new type of prison sentence was created by the government in 2003 called IPP sentenced

Question 23

what’s public protection

Answer 23

to protect the public from offending by incapacitating the offender

Question 24

what’s two theories that link to public protection

Answer 24

right realism
biological theories

Question 25

how does right realism link to public protection

Answer 25

issuing long prison sentences helps to protect society, reducing crime rates too

Question 26

how does biological theories link to public protection

Answer 26

punishments such as the death penalty and chemical castration on sex offenders involve the physical alteration of the human body

Question 27

what’s reparation

Answer 27

the offender making amends for their crimes; to a victim, society or as a whole or both

Question 28

what’s one way reparation can be done

Answer 28

through restorative justice

Question 29

what’s three key features of reparation

Answer 29

-involves the offender making amends for the crime that they have committed
- a good example would be restorative nut ice scheme
-this could involve financial compensation or actual repairs damage which has been caused

Question 30

what’s two theories that link to reparation

Answer 30

labelling theory
left realismn

Question 31

how does labelling theory link to reparation

Answer 31

restorative justice schemes allow the offender to show remorse and forgiveness which means that they are more likely to integrate back into society

Question 32

how does left realism link to reparation

Answer 32

sees restorative justice programmes as a way of providing practical measures to reduce crime and produce long term change for a more equal society