Aims Of Rehabilitation And Retribution In The Criminal Justice System

Identify two of the main aims of sentencing and critically evaluate the measures used to achieve these objectives.
This essay will be evaluating two main aims of sentencing, which are rehabilitation and retribution of offenders’ in the criminal justice system. Rehabilitation, which is the aim and main purpose is to prevent prisoners from going back to prison for another crime after being released. Rehabilitation is a right way of getting them in the right frame of mind for when they have to make real life decisions as soon as step out of prison. In this essay, there will be an evaluation on why the rehabilitation programme can be a weakness, but also how can be a strength to the criminal justice system. There will also be an evaluation on the different types of
This essay has outlined two aims of sentencing, Rehabilitation and Retribution, and how they affect offenders during and after prison. Overall, rehabilitation has an affect on the offender, depending on the crime committed; they should be put on a programme where it suits their needs. An example when a drug addict should not be put on the same programme as an alcoholic as they are two different causes. In this instance, rehabilitation is a better way for justifying punishment. It has better regard for the offender as it recognises the reality of social inequity. However, with retribution, it should be determined by the seriousness of the crime and not by consequentialist factors, such as whether the punishment is enough to deter society. In some cases with retribution, it seems to be taken advantage of the innocent. But the issue of the execution of innocent persons is also a problem for retribution, if there is a serious risk of executing the innocent then one of the key principles of retribution is that people should get what they deserve (and therefore only what they