Learning Objectives

As a result of reading this chapter, you will be able to

1. Delineate the four goals of punishment and explain the factors that influence the type of punishment that a convicted person will receive
2. Describe the historical development of, and different philosophies regarding, crime and punishment from the colonial era to today, and how different types of prisons were built accordingly
3. Describe the differences between, and purposes of, both determinate and indeterminate sentences