Criminology Unit 4 - AC 2.2; Aims of Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) Where can the aims of sentencing be found? - Correct Answers ✅Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 What are the six aims of punishment? - Correct Answers ✅Retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, public protection/incapacitation, reparation, and denunciation What is retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Has an element of revenge in wanting to ensure the offender gets what they deserve and that a sufficient measure of justice is reached What aspect of the legal system supports retribution? - Correct Answers ✅The Sentencing Council What does the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 say about the guidelines of the Sentencing Council? - Correct Answers ✅The guidelines must be followed by the courts, unless it is in the interest of justice to do otherwise Give examples of punishments that meet the aim of retribution? - Correct Answers ✅Mandatory life sentence for murder and increasing punishments for hate crimes Which two aims of punishment link to right realism? - Correct Answers ✅Retribution and public protection 1 / 2
Criminology Unit 4 - AC 2.2; Aims of Punishment EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) How does right realism link to retribution? - Correct Answers ✅The offender is being sufficiently punished for their crime without the consideration of moral reasoning and no plans to prevent future behaviour are addressed What is rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Reforming offenders so they can move back into society What is the main focu of rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Altering the behaviour of an offender to prevent them reoffending What is the main assumption of rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Crime is a result of free will and rational choice, meaning something can be done about it Give an example a of punishments that meets the aim of rehabilitation? - Correct Answers ✅Community sentences (e.g. probation orders) because they involve conditions such as work, education, or treatments for addictions What is the Drug Treatment and Testing Order? - Correct Answers ✅A punishment brought in to rehabilitate offenders committing crime as a result of drugs by supervising them to stop their drug use
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