- Incapacitation: prevents crime by removing a defendant from society.
- Rehabilitation: prevents crime by altering a defendant’s behavior.
- Retribution: prevents crime by giving victims or society a feeling of avengement.
- Restitution: prevents crime by punishing the defendant financially.
- Deterrence: Specific deterrence prevents crime by frightening an individual defendant with punishment. General deterrence prevents crime by frightening the public with the punishment of an individual defendant.
The Purposes of Punishment:[^1]
- Incapacitation: prevents crime by removing a defendant from society.
- Rehabilitation: prevents crime by altering a defendant’s behavior.
- Retribution: prevents crime by giving victims or society a feeling of avengement.
- Restitution: prevents crime by punishing the defendant financially.
- Deterrence: Specific deterrence prevents crime by frightening an individual defendant with punishment. General deterrence prevents crime by frightening the public with the punishment of an individual defendant.
[^1]: https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/1-5-the-purpose...