Define, discuss, compare, and contrast deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, and retribution

What will be an ideal response?


Deterrence theorists assume that the fear of punishment keeps individuals from engaging in crime. Crimes may also be prevented when offenders are incapacitated. Punishments that incapacitate physically eliminate or reduce an offender's ability to commit crime. It may also be possible to reduce crime via rehabilitative programming. Rehabilitative efforts aim to restore an offender to a constructive (i.e., law abiding) place in society through education, vocational, or therapeutic treatment. Unlike deterrence, incapacitation, or rehabilitation, crime prevention is not the focus of retribution. Instead, retribution merely requires that offenders be punished in a manner proportionate to the harm they have inflicted.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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