List and define three of the five goals of criminal sentencing. Which of these goals do you believe is the most effective in dealing with defendants?

What will be an ideal response?


Retribution - The act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator.
Just deserts - A model of criminal sentencing that holds that criminal offenders deserve the pu-nishment they receive at the hands of the law and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of the crime committed.
Incapacitation – The use of imprisonment or other means to reduce the likelihood that an offend-er will commit future offenses.
Deterrence – A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment.
Rehabilitation – The attempt to reform a criminal offender. Also, the state in which a reformed offender is said to be.
Restoration –A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim "whole again."

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