Aims of sentencing

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Sentencing Act 2020, s.57(2)

Question 2

Punishment of Offenders

Answer 2

Payback
Increased if public outrage

Question 3

Reduction of Crime (through deterrence)

Answer 3

Deterrence
Show how severe consequences can be in general
Stop individual in future

Question 4

Reform and rehabilitation of offender

Answer 4

Change behaviour of offender to put them back into society
Involves drug/alcohol rehab
Means treating addiction removes need to offend, afford it etc.

Question 5

Protection of the public

Answer 5

Sometimes called ‘incapacitation’
Offender stopped from committing future offences
Locked away from public

Question 6

Making of Reparation by Offenders to Persons Affected by their Offences

Answer 6

Compensating victims of crime
Can be sum of money, return stolen goods, community order
Restorative Justice also included