Aims of punishment

• Protection

  to protect more people from becoming a victim of crime. Removes criminal from society, innocent people prevented from suffering
• Retribution

  revenge 'getting even' with a person who has committed crime. criminal suffers just as the victim suffers
• Deterrence

  deter or put off people from committing crimes. criminals who are caught be made an example of what happens when you commit crime
• Reformation

  Addressing the reason why people committed the crime in the first place. to understand why and to help fix it in the form of therapy, counselling, education, or training
• Vindication

  effective punishment, government and law can prove that it deserves respect and should be followed. exists to prove the authority of the law
• Reparation

  repairing the damage done through crime. restorative justice programs. allowing offenders to make up for the crime they have done