Dealing with offending behaviour

• Deterrence

  Experiencing a negative consequence means that offending should be avoided in the future 
• Incapacitation

  Sending to prison removes the offender from society 
• Retribution

  Society exacting revenge for unacceptable conduct
• Rehabilitation

  Objective of prison as not to punish but to reform 
• Institutionalisation 

  The prisoner is so accustomed to prison they are unable to function in the real world 
• Prisonisation

  The inmate behaves in ways that would be considered unacceptable on the outside 
• Recidivism 

  A tendency to repeat a previous behaviour