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Explain and analyse the Reasons for Punishment.
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... Religious Studies Assignment 6 by Marc Piano Explain and analyse the Reasons for Punishment A Categorical Imperative (4) B Natural Moral Law (4) C Intuitionism (4) Punishment, in the context of law, is "a penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention". In this definition, three possible understandings of punishment are stated, but there are several more. Some of the theories or reasons for punishment include retribution, vengeance, rehabilitation (or reform) and deterrence. Retribution and vengeance are backward-looking theories, insofar as they understand punishment to be inflicted as a direct consequence of an offence committed in the past, whereas forward-looking theories such as deterrence, rehabilitation and reconciliation are based on the notion that punishment can change the offender and improve society. Retribution is a theory of punishment based on proportionality or desert, and is best summed up by the
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