Goals of Punishment

The term “ (a)   ” refers to the practice of instilling fear in people with the goal that such fear will prevent them from committing crimes in the future.

Involves the effectiveness of punishment on that particular individual's future behavior.

(a)  

Asks whether the punishment of a particular offender deters others from committing crime.

(a)  

The term " (a)   " refers to the practice of removing offenders from society with the goal of segregating them from society.

The basic term, " (a)   " is the attempt to reform a criminal offender to the state in which a reformed offender is said to be. This is done by the government, via the criminal justice system, namely the judge upon sentencing of the offender, and facilitated by the corrections system.

The term " (a)   " refers to the punishment of offenders involving a "settling of a score" for both society and the victim. The settling of the score is done by the government, via the criminal justice system, namely the judge upon sentencing of the offender, and facilitated by the corrections system.