Crime is a reality in every society. Many Jews believe that if a person breaks one of the Ten Commandments they should be punished by society, just as they will be punished by God.
Often the aims of a punishment overlap, eg sending people to prison aims to deter people from committing similar crimes and it aims to protect the public from the individual who is guilty of the crime. Here are four recognised aims of punishment:
deterrence - punishment that aims to put people off committing crime
reformation - punishment that aims to reformTo make changes to something or someone, for improvement. the criminal
retribution - punishment that aims to make the criminal pay for what they have done wrong
justice - the aim is to ensure that the right and fair thing is done
Different methods are used to punish criminals for their offences. Each punishment is associated with different aims.
Punishment
Aim
Prison
deterrence/reformation
Electronic tagging
deterrence
Fines
retribution
Community service
reformation/retribution
Capital punishment
deterrence
Probation
reformation
Punishment
Prison
Aim
deterrence/reformation
Punishment
Electronic tagging
Aim
deterrence
Punishment
Fines
Aim
retribution
Punishment
Community service
Aim
reformation/retribution
Punishment
Capital punishment
Aim
deterrence
Punishment
Probation
Aim
reformation
Question
What is meant by punishment?
Punishment is a penalty given to a person for a crime they have committed. An example of this is a prison sentence for someone who has stolen goods.
