arrested and successfully prosecuted and punished is smaller than what advocates of this theory would prefer it to be.
Retribution
Retribution involves the payment of a debt to both the victim and society and thus atonement for the person’s crime. Historically retribution was encapsulated in terms like “getting even”, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”. Retribution literally mean paying back the offender for wrongs he or she did. It is based on the idea that victims are entitled to reprisal.
When a crime occurs society is also affected therefore retribution demands that society be paid (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2007).
Revenge theory
Revenge can be describes as both as emotion and an act in response to victimization. Victims sometimes feel as though an injury or insult requires punishment in return. When this feeling is acted upon it is revenge.
Incapacitation Theory
Supporters of the incapacitation theory believe that offenders should be prevented from committing further crimes either by temporary or
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Unlike theories that are primarily concerned with preventing future offenses This theory of sentencing lessens the emotional component of revenge by claiming that criminal acts are deserving of punishment, that offenders morally blameworthy and that they must be punished (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2007). Advocates of this theory state that punishment should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offense committed. In this way desert restores the moral balance to a society wronged by crime. Andrew von Hirsch, a leading proponent of the just deserts model identified the rationales underlying criminal punishment says that when someone “infringes on the rights of others, he deserves blame and that is why the sanctioning authority is entitled to choose a response that expresses moral disapproval namely punishment”. From a desert point of view justice requires that punishment be imposed on offenders of