Sentencing and corrections

Punishment, rehabilitation, prisons, and returning to the community.

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Principles

Evaluate sentencing by public safety, proportionality, cost, and repeat offending.
Distinguish punishment, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation when choosing and measuring a policy.

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Why distinguish punishment, deterrence, and rehabilitation?

They always produce the same outcomes.

None can be evaluated using outcomes.

They are different goals and require different evidence of success.

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