1. Penology: Review of prisons
The retributive theory looks back to the crime and punishes because of the crime. The remaining three all look forward to the consequences of punishment and thereby hope to achieve a reduction in crime. ... Deterrence is the second main theory of punishment and it aims to reduce crime by the threat or example of punishment. ... Under the theory of general deterrence it is the threat of punishment that deters people from committing crimes. ... The theory of general deterrence rests upon the crucial assumption that people are deterred from committing crime by the threat of punishment. ...
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