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Originally Posted by Baron von Biffo  The Law Reform Commission published a consultation paper on sentencing in 1993. It said that the traditional approach had four objectives, retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence and incapacitation. It went on to say that only the first three have been expressly favoured by the Irish courts. (LRC. 1993. Sentencing 1.45)
The notion of paying a bonus to prisons based on recidivism is simplistic and foolish as it presumes that prison is the only factor that impacts on recidivism rates. |
What's incapacitation in this context? Stopping people offending while they're locked up? And what do the Irish courts have against it??
