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    Punishment has five recognized purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution. Deterrence aims to prevent future crimes by frightening defendants or the public. Incapacitation prevents future crimes by removing defendants from society through incarceration or other means. Rehabilitation aims to alter a defendant's behavior and prevent future crimes through educational, vocational, and counseling programs. Retribution achieves satisfaction that the criminal justice system is working when defendants are adequately punished. Restitution financially punishes defendants and resembles a civil damages award that compensates victims.

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    Punishment has five recognized purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution. Deterrence aims to prevent future crimes by frightening defendants or the public. Incapacitation prevents future crimes by removing defendants from society through incarceration or other means. Rehabilitation aims to alter a defendant's behavior and prevent future crimes through educational, vocational, and counseling programs. Retribution achieves satisfaction that the criminal justice system is working when defendants are adequately punished. Restitution financially punishes defendants and resembles a civil damages award that compensates victims.

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    Punishment has five recognized purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution. Deterrence aims to prevent future crimes by frightening defendants or the public. Incapacitation prevents future crimes by removing defendants from society through incarceration or other means. Rehabilitation aims to alter a defendant's behavior and prevent future crimes through educational, vocational, and counseling programs. Retribution achieves satisfaction that the criminal justice system is working when defendants are adequately punished. Restitution financially punishes defendants and resembles a civil damages award that compensates victims.

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    Punishment has five recognized purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution. Deterrence aims to prevent future crimes by frightening defendants or the public. Incapacitation prevents future crimes by removing defendants from society through incarceration or other means. Rehabilitation aims to alter a defendant's behavior and prevent future crimes through educational, vocational, and counseling programs. Retribution achieves satisfaction that the criminal justice system is working when defendants are adequately punished. Restitution financially punishes defendants and resembles a civil damages award that compensates victims.

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    WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF

    PUNISHMENT?
    Defenition
    Punishment is, according to some, the imposition of an
    undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual,
    meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from 
    child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent
    to a particular action or behavior that is deemed undesirable or
    unacceptable. It is, however, possible to distinguish between
    various different understandings of what punishment is.
    Punishment has five
    recognized purposes:
    ◦Deterrence
    ◦Incapacitation
    ◦Rehabilitation
    ◦Retribution
    ◦Restitution
    Specific and General Deterrence

    ◦ Deterrence prevents future crime by frightening the defendant or the public. The two types of deterrence
    are specific and general deterrence. Specific deterrence applies to an individual defendant. When the
    government punishes an individual defendant, he or she is theoretically less likely to commit another crime
    because of fear of another similar or worse punishment. General deterrence applies to the public at large.
    Incapacitation
    ◦ Incapacitation prevents future crime by removing the defendant from
    society. Examples of incapacitation are incarceration, house arrest, or
    execution pursuant to the death penalty.
    ◦ Rehabilitation prevents future crime by
    altering a defendant’s behavior. Examples
    of rehabilitation include educational and
    vocational programs, treatment center
    placement, and counseling. The court can
    Rehabilitation combine rehabilitation with incarceration or
    with probation or parole. In some states, for
    example, nonviolent drug offenders must
    participate in rehabilitation in combination
    with probation, rather than submitting to
    incarceration. This lightens the load of jails
    and prisons while lowering recidivism,
    which means reoffending.
    Retribution

    ◦ Retribution prevents future crime by removing the desire for personal avengement (in the form of assault,
    battery, and criminal homicide, for example) against the defendant. When victims or society discover that the
    defendant has been adequately punished for a crime, they achieve a certain satisfaction that our criminal
    procedure is working effectively, which enhances faith in law enforcement and our government.
    Restitution
    ◦ Restitution prevents future crime by punishing the
    defendant financially. Restitution is when the court orders the
    criminal defendant to pay the victim for any harm and
    resembles a civil litigation damages award. Restitution can be
    for physical injuries, loss of property or money, and rarely,
    emotional distress. It can also be a fine that covers some of the
    costs of the criminal prosecution and punishment.
    DIFFERENT
    PUNISHMENT
    S AND THEIR
    PURPOSE

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