CRJU 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: House Arrest, Electric Charge, Restorative Justice
Document Summary
The imposition of a criminal sanction by a judicial authority. The act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator. A model of criminal sentencing that holds that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the law and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of the crime committed. The use of imprisonment or other means to reduce the likelihood that an offender will commit future offenses. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality. A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent others from committing crimes similar to the one for which a particular offender is being sentenced by making an example the person sentenced. Also, the state in which a reformed offender is said to be.
