Utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment differ primarily in their ______.

a. perspective, as being forward-looking (future) or backward-looking past)
b. emphasis on severity of punishment
c. micro- or macro-level approach
d. ability to justify the stated purposes of punishment


Ans: A

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