Aims of sentencing

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What is retribution?
It is punishing the offender because he has committed a crime against the state.
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What is general deterrence?
It operates not just to prevent others but to also set acceptable standards
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What is individual deterrence?
The punishment will be so unpleasent that the offender will not want to reoffend.
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What aim of sentencing is backward-looking?
Retribution
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How many levels does dererrence operate on?
3
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What will courts take into account, when sentencing?
The age of the defendant
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What does the threat of punishment do?
It deters others from committing similar offences.
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What does a judge or magistrate need to consider when passing a sentence?
What he achieved by passing that particular sentence
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What quotes is linked to retribution?
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'
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