Aims of Punishment

• DETERRENCE - punishment should put people off committing crime.
• RETRIBUTION - punishment should make the criminal pay for what they gave done.
• REPARATION - criminals should try to make up for the damage caused.
• PROTECTION - punishment should protect society from the criminal and the criminal from themselves.
• REFORM - punishment should change the criminal for the better.
• VINDICATION - punishment helps families and society feel that justice has been done and that the punishment fits the crime.
• If people sin or commit crime, justice must follow.
• Jesus taught the importance of forgiveness and compassion.
• Many support punishment leading to forgiveness (e.g. restorative practice).