Aims Behind Sentencing
(doesn't apply to persons under 18 or where the sentence is fixed by law mininum sentences and mental health orders)
1. Punishment
2. Deterrence (reduction of crime)
- individual
- general
3. Reformation/Rehabilitation
- education
- skills
- community sentences
4. Protection (of public)
- life imprisonment given to serious offences
5. Denunciation
- society expressing disapproval of criminal activity
Media's view: dependent on individual cases
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