According to Von Hirsch's View on "Just Deserts," Why Is

question 22

Multiple Choice

According to Von Hirsch's view on "just deserts," why is punishment based on deterrence or incapacitation wrong?

• A)Because punishment based on deterrence or incapacitation does not allow for the possibility of rehabilitation.
• B)Because punishment based on deterrence or incapacitation is only used within the adult criminal justice system.Thus,it ignores juvenile offenders.
• C)Because punishment based on deterrence or incapacitation involves an offender's future actions.
• D)Von Hirsch did not view punishment based on deterrence or incapacitation as wrong.

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Definitions:

Oral Stage

In Freudian psychoanalysis, an early life stage focusing on the pleasures and frustrations associated with the mouth, sucking, and being fed.

Characteristic Personality Traits

Features that are distinctive and describe consistent behaviors in a person across different situations and over time.

Primary Process

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious thought processes that are primitive and symbolic, driven by the pleasure principle.

Heredity

The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.