Aims of sentencing - ELS

Question 1

Retribution

Answer 1

• punishment, e.g eye for an eye
• point is that if someone commits a crime they should be punished
• very simple and is a vote

Question 2

Denunciation

Answer 2

• what society will tolerate and what it will not
• boundaries set by society to what is seen as a crime

Question 3

Reform and Rehabilitation

Answer 3

• aim is to reform and rehabilitate D by using alternative sentencing options
• aim is to treat and cure the ‘criminal defiance’ to stop them from committing a crime
• the rehabilitative sentence is based on what D needs rather than the offence

Question 4

Deterrence

Answer 4

• aim is to stop D and the community from committing crimes by promoting unpleasant sentences and possibly longer sentences
• the individual deterrences stop the offender from committing again and the general deterrences stop the public from committing.

Question 5

Protection from public

Answer 5

• aim to protect the public
• LASPO 2012 introduced new sentences which protect the public

Question 6

Reparation

Answer 6

• aim is to compensate victim from the crime, usually by ordering D to pay a sum of money
• aim is to make victim see the impact of their crime on the individual