Larry WarnerSouthern New Hampshire UniversityThe sentencing goals of corrections

There are five goals involved in sentencingPUNISHMENTDETERRENCEINCAPACITATIONREHABILITATIONRESTITUTION

PUNISHMENT

The most dominant correctional goal is usually punishment. Prisoners are punished by having their freedom to come and go taken away and are held in jails or prisons as punishment for crimes they have been found guilty of committing.

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DETERRENCE

By keeping offenders in jail it exposes them to the consequences of criminal activities with the goal of deterring them in the future, creating in them an understanding of the consequences associated with criminal offenses.

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INCAPACITATION

It is believed that by preventing criminals from having the capacity to commit crimes in the future that society benefits this is done through various means including long imprisonments, chemical castration, electronic monitoring, and by issuing the death penalty. All of these prevent the convict from being able to violate laws meant to protect society.

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REHABILITATIONRehabilitation uses many methods to reduce a persons desire to commit criminal acts, among these are: behavioral courses, vocational skill training, and offering substance abuse and educational courses.In the past, Folsom Prison had a high success rate of rehabilitating prisoners through vocational programs in the 1960s none of the rehabilitated returned to prison.

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RESTITUTION

Restitution is a concept in which a person who is convicted of a crime has to pay society and/or the victim of the crime back; this can come in the form of community service or monetary repayment.

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