what are the purposes of sanctions

Question 1

What is the ACT that shows the reasons for sanctions

Answer 1

Sentencing ACT 1991(VIC)

Question 2

What does the sentencing act say about the reasons for sanctions

Answer 2

punishment
detterance
denunciation
protection
rehabilitation

Question 3

what is punishment

Answer 3

allows victims to feel a sense of retribution and disincentives taking the law into their own hands

Imprisonment is the worst punishment in Australia

Question 4

what is deterence

Answer 4

to prevent crime in the future by ensuring the sanction discourages crime in the future

theres two types general and specific

Question 5

what is general deterrance

Answer 5

discourages people in general from commiting the same crime

Question 6

what is specific deterrence

Answer 6

discourages the individual from re offending

Question 7

what is denunciation

Answer 7

designed to demonstrate the community’s
disapproval of the offender’s actions

Question 8

what is protection

Answer 8

designed to safeguard the community from
an offender by preventing them from committing a further offence (e.g. by imprisoning the offender)

Question 9

what is rehabilitation

Answer 9

designed to reform an offender in order to prevent them from committing offences in the future