Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration are the five major goals of sentencing. The essence of sentencing is supported by national consensus and penological justifications. Each objective commonly overlaps and successful outcomes include crime reduction, recidivism, and public safety.
The principle of retributive justice seeks to punish in proportion according to social attitudes of just deserts, compensation or accountability for criminal acts. Retributive models seek not to change criminal behavior, but remove offenders from the community for longer periods of time through harsher punishment (warren). A sentence of life without parole for a first-degree murder conviction is retribution.
Incapacitation limits crime commission through delayed confinements and does not induce law-abiding skill sets. It is preventative in nature and not a permanent solution to promote recidivism. The incarceration and later sentencing of Brian David Mitchell, again life without parole, illustrates preventative detention in relation to mental illness, criminogenic risk, and treatment modalities.
Deterrence, whether general or specific, emphasizes “the punishment of the criminal as an effective way of providing him with an incentive not to commit a …show more content…
The legitimacy of corrections to appropriately administer the goal of sentencing demonstrates philosophical validity. Successes and failures are based upon collaboration to promote community justice considering criminal offending is social by nature. Prison is labeled a school of crime because very little, if any, prosocial characteristics, willful conformity, and societal law-abiding attachments are formed. The psychological impact of incarceration, trauma, mental illness and cognitive disability interrupt resiliency and increase antisocial behavioral
The principle of retributive justice seeks to punish in proportion according to social attitudes of just deserts, compensation or accountability for criminal acts. Retributive models seek not to change criminal behavior, but remove offenders from the community for longer periods of time through harsher punishment (warren). A sentence of life without parole for a first-degree murder conviction is retribution.
Incapacitation limits crime commission through delayed confinements and does not induce law-abiding skill sets. It is preventative in nature and not a permanent solution to promote recidivism. The incarceration and later sentencing of Brian David Mitchell, again life without parole, illustrates preventative detention in relation to mental illness, criminogenic risk, and treatment modalities.
Deterrence, whether general or specific, emphasizes “the punishment of the criminal as an effective way of providing him with an incentive not to commit a …show more content…
The legitimacy of corrections to appropriately administer the goal of sentencing demonstrates philosophical validity. Successes and failures are based upon collaboration to promote community justice considering criminal offending is social by nature. Prison is labeled a school of crime because very little, if any, prosocial characteristics, willful conformity, and societal law-abiding attachments are formed. The psychological impact of incarceration, trauma, mental illness and cognitive disability interrupt resiliency and increase antisocial behavioral