crime&deviance- punishment

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  • Created on: 13-03-19 17:23
what are the two main justifications to punishment?
reduction and retribution
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what are the three ways you can prevent future crime through?
deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacitation
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how can crime be prevented through deterrence?
it discourages the indicvidual from future offending
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how can crime be prevented through rehabilitation?
used to change the offender so they no longer offend, includes education and training
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how can crime be prevented through incapacitation?
it removes the offenders capacity to offend again
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what does retribution mean?
means 'paying back'
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what is retribution focusing on?
focuses of punishing the crimes that have already been commited instead of trying to prevent future crimes
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why should we focus on punishing individuals that have alreayd commitred crimes?
the offender deserves to be punished for the crime they have committed
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what has been said about imprisonment today?
it is not shown to be an effective way of punishment
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why is inprisonment not an effective way of punishment?
two thirds of prisoners go on to offend again
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what has happened to the prison population?
it has increased to record size, 1996-2016, the numbers in england and wales have reached 85,000
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what percentage of prisoners are male and what percentage are female?
95% male, 5% female
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