Incapacitation

respect to how punishing benefits society. Punishment is justified if society benefits more than the harm caused by punishing the criminal. There are four goals in utilitarian theory. These are specific deterrence, general deterrence, reform and incapacitation. The Bradford Riots produced great social harm. For the sake of the community, it is crucial that a riot of the magnitude that occurred does not happen again. In its fragile state, it is hard to imagine how much worse it can get if…

the society. For instance someone arrested and charged for drunk driving would be compelled to undergo certain alcohol rehabilitations and involve in community service just in order to feel the impact of his/her gravity of the offense. Disagree Incapacitation does not serve as a long term solution to crime and it could be expensive to…

There are four purposes or goals of punishment in which a judge may consider when imposing a sentence on a convicted person. The four purposes or goals of punishment are Retribution, Deterrence, Incapacitation, and Rehabilitation. The imposing judge may consider on goal or a combination of goals when sentencing a convicted person. Retribution is punishment inflicted on a person who has infringed on the rights of others and so deserves to be penalized. The severity of the sanction should fit…

Reference: According to our text, justifications of punishment are broken down into two school theories, utilitarian and retributive. Under retributive justification, retributivists believe that punishment based on the notion that people deserve it and the punishment should be in proportion to the crime (Brody & Acker, 2010, p. 7). In short, retributivists’ beliefs are based on philosophical philosophies of punishment, dealing with the moral aspects of humanity; mainly old school eye for an eye…

known as non-consequentialism, and utilitarianism, also known as consequentialism. I will then analyse three justifications of punishment within the utilitarian approach which are reform and rehabilitation, individual and general deterrence and incapacitation. Retributivism is a sociological perspective of crime which looks at the different forms and changes in punishment. It is a backward thinking approach as it does not look at future consequences of punishment and is mostly concerned with…

are popular when applying the philosophies; deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation at one of the three steps of the criminal justice process (police, courts, or corrections); there are flaws in specific approaches implemented by the criminal justice system that could be rectified by the adjustment or replacement of particular strategies utilized by one or all of the three levels. For example, under the philosophies of incapacitation and deterrence, it has already been recognized that…

The goal of incapacitation, or using prison (or some type of imprisonment) as a way to remove more offenders (or potential offenders) off the streets, exists conjointly with the outlook and ideologies of the Crime Control Model. Those following the philosophies of this model cite that the best way to protect the community is to remove offenders from public interaction, so incapacitation would best serve the needs of both the offender and society. Society…

1 Charity McCall Professor Shea Week 7 02 December 2016 Reflection… Part A: Correctional philosophies In the field of Corrections, there are five different philosophies used. These philosophies include deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution, restitution/restorative justice. These philosophies hold a different perspective of the victim and focuses on different areas of punishment. Deterrence is defined as the use of threat to deter someone from committing crime. There are two…

utilitarian rationale for punishment; not because the offender was disobedient but to protect each and everyone in society from any future harm. This approach of punishment is seen by utilitarian as a means to and end, the end being a deterrence, incapacitation, or rehabilitation (Pollock,…

Philosophy of punishment has different levels of consideration that serves numerous social-control functions within the Criminal Justice area. The four philosophy of punishment are retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and or restoration these are the major type specifying punishment for the criminal justice system to frighten future criminal conduct. General this means that the punishment should avoid other people from committing criminal acts as wells as the person from…