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Aims of punishment

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who summarised the reasons for punishment?

a)

Jewkes

b)

Joyce

c)

Newburn

d)

Durkheim

2.

Which of the following is not an aim of punishment summarised by Joyce?

a)

Retribution

b)

Rehabilitation

c)

Incapacitation

d)

Vindication

e)

Deterrence

3.

Protecting potential victims by stopping the offender from repeating their behaviour.

a)

Deterrence

b)

Incapacitation

c)

Rehabilitation

d)

Retribution

4.

Giving a fair and just punishment to those who have hurt others.

a)

Deterrence

b)

Incapacitation

c)

Rehabilitation

d)

Retribution

5.

Preventing reoffending by changing an offender's attitudes, values and behaviour.

a)

Deterrence

b)

Incapacitation

c)

Rehabilitation

d)

Retribution

6.

Publicly punishing offenders will encourage potential offenders to think twice before committing crime.

a)

Deterrence

b)

Incapacitation

c)

Rehabilitation

d)

Retribution

7.

Deterrence assumes that offenders and potential offenders adopt a (a)   approach towards offending.

8.

Give one example of incapacitation punishment.

(a)  

9.

Which of the following is not an example of rehabilitation?

a)

Fines

b)

Community service

c)

Educational programmes

d)

Therapy

10.

Rehabilitation techniques are designed to encourage a desire to (a)   to society's predominant norms and values.

11.

Joyce suggests that the idea of retribution is closely tied to which other aim of punishment?

a)

Deterrence

b)

Incapacitation

c)

Rehabilitation

12.

Which of the following is an example of restitution, a branch of retribution?

a)

Capital punishment

b)

Fines

c)

Imprisonment

d)

Blood money