Philosophy of Punishment

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• Philosophy of Punishment
• (Chapter 2)

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• Philosophy of Punishment

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Philosophy of Punishment

• 1 REDUCTIVISM
• (Crime control)
• vs
• 2 RETRIBUTIVISM
• (Retribution)
• (Just deserts)

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Philosophy of Punishment

• REDUCTIVISM
• (Crime control)
• via
• a) DETERRENCE
• - Individual
• - General

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Philosophy of Punishment

• REDUCTIVISM
• (Crime control)
• via
• b) INCAPACITATION

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Philosophy of Punishment

• REDUCTIVISM
• (Crime control)
• via
• c) REFORM

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Philosophy of Punishment

• Criminological Positivism
• Determinism
• (No free will)

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Aims of Punishment

• c) REFORM
• Collapse of the rehabilitative ideal
• Nothing works

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Philosophy of Punishment

• REDUCTIVISM
• (Crime control)
• via
• d) DENUNCIATION

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Utilitarianism

• Jeremy Bentham
• (1748-1832)
• the greatest happiness of the greatest number

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Utilitarianism

• Principle of Parsimony

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THE TARIFF

• Long prison sentence
• Short prison sentence
• Suspended sentence
• Intensive Community Sentence
• Community Sentence
• Fine
• Discharge

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Philosophy of Punishment

• REDUCTIVISM
• 2 RETRIBUTIVISM
• 3 RESTORATION/
• REPARATION

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Philosophy of Punishment

• Limiting retributivism
• Amount of punishment should be limited by just
  deserts

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Criminal Justice Act 2003, s. 142 Purposes of
Sentencing

• a) Punishment
• b) Reduction of crime
• (including deterrence)
• c) Reform
• d) Protection of public
• e) Reparation

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Approaches to Punishment

• Exclusive
• deterrence,
• incapacitation
• Inclusive
• reform,
• restoration

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Strategies A, B and C

• Strategy A
• Law and order ideology
• Harsh punishment
• Exclusive

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Strategies A, B and C

• Strategy B
• Managerial, bureaucratic
• Efficiency and cost-efficiency

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Strategies A, B and C

• Strategy C
• Mild punishment
• Human rights
• Inclusive