Crime and punishment – revision notes with evaluative points
Punishment.
There’s three forms of punishment designed to stop re-offending:
- Deterrence
- Rehabilitation
- Incapacitation
Deterrence – the harsher/tougher the regime of (penal) punishment the less likely any offender will want to go prison. This was popular with Thatcher’s new right ideology
Rehabilitation – this is where (penal) punishment seeks to educate or reform in order to change offender behaviour patterns and earn an honest living when released
Incapacitation – is the use of punishment to protect society from dangerous offenders either through imprisonment or execution
Continues to sociological approaches to punishment…
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