RETRIBUTION: This is the idea of an eye for an eye, revenge for the victim
REPARATION: This is idea that the guilty person should compensate the victim/society for his wrong-doing
PUBLIC PROTECTION: The aim of punishment is to protect the public, however unfair on an individual wrongdoer
REHABILITATION: This is the idea that punishment must aim to ensure that the guilty person can fit into society at the end of their punishment. Also seeks to ensure they understand the error in their act.
DETERRENCE: This is the idea that punishment must put the offender, and other potential offenders off reoffending
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