aims

• Aims of sentencing is punishment. D deserves punishment for his acts and this is based on an eye for an eye society and victims getting revenge. The judge/magistrates ensure that the sentence is given in proportion to that offence e.g. mandatory life custodial sentence for murder.
• Another aim of sentencing is public protection. It is to prevent the offender from harming the public.

  Where the court considers that there is a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm being caused by the offender in the future, the court must impose a custodial sentence

  Home detention curfew orders can be imposed on the D ordering him to stay home at certain times (monitored)
• Another aim for sentencing is rehabilitation. To reform the offender and try to ‘cure’ his criminal behaviour in order to rehabilitate him into society

  It is a forward-looking aim with the hope that the offender’s behaviour will be altered by the penalty imposed e.g. community order with a condition to attend alcohol treatment programme.
• Reparation. So to make amends to the victim of the crime 

  E.g. paying compensation or ordering ‘restitution’ which means returning the stolen property.

  Reparation projects - brings the defendant and victim together so D can make direct reparation to V.
• Court uses sentencing to try and lower the levels of crime in the future.

  Individual deterrence - punishing the offender so that they are less likely to reoffend.

  General deterrence - making an example of an offender in order to warn other potential offenders.

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