PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Prosocial Behavior, Restorative Justice, Goal Setting
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Criminals need to be dealt with more strictly. The costs and consequences of committing crimes need to be made as serious as possible: rehabilitation: Those who commit crimes are no different than others. Criminals have the capacity to change and reform. Offenders have grown up in adverse surroundings and need to be presented better opportunities. Section 718 of canadian criminal code the fundamental purposes of sentencing are to ensure respect for the law and maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society. To promote a sense of responsibility in offenders. Retribution asserts that society has the right, when harmed to harm the offender. This harm or punishment should correspond with severity of the crime. ***from an administration of justice perspective, retribution is not necessarily intended to address issue at the individual level. Incapacitation: the application of crime control by removing offenders" ability to commit crimes by incarcerating them.
