Submitted by tanmp on November 18, 2007

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Punishment

When a crime is committed, most agree that is cannot go unpunished. There are several ways of dealing with the consequences of crime, in the form of punishment. The four justifications of punishment that will be discussed are retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation and societal protection. Retribution refers to the act of punishment through which society makes the criminal suffer in an amount that is proportional to the amount of suffering undergone by the victim. Deterrence uses punishment as a way to depress criminal activity. Rehabilitation is a method used to prevent further crime in an individual that may be more likely inclined to be involved in criminal activity. Societal...

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