Define and discuss the five sentencing functions identified in the text

What will be an ideal response?


• Retribution: Punishment dimension that expresses society's disapproval of criminal behavior
• Incapacitation: Reduces opportunity for further criminal behavior by imprisonment
• Deterrence: Belief that punishment will reduce the likelihood of future criminal behavior either by the particular offender or by others in society who fear similar punishment
• Rehabilitation: Belief that by providing services – social, psychological, educational, or vocational – an offender will be less likely to commit future crimes
• Restitution: Repayment by an offender to the victim or to society in money or services for the harm committed

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Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORP’s) are an integral part of what criminal justice philosophy?

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. they are faster to complete for respondents b. they do not take much thought on the part of the respondents to answer c. they use space efficiently d. the format increases the comparability of responses given to different questions for the respondent as well as the researcher

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