The 2007 National Justice Survey: Tackling Crime and Public Confidence
Figure 7: Sentencing Objectives Rated as the Most Important
Long description
This is a vertical bar chart which illustrates sentencing objectives rated as the most important by respondents.
The Y axis is measured in percentages and increases in increments of 5 from 0 to 30.
The X axis is divided by seven categories, from left to right: Reparation, Accountability, Rehabilitation, Specific Deterrence, General Deterrence, Denunciation, and Incapacitation.
- 27% of respondents rated rehabilitation as the most important sentencing objective
- 25% of respondents rated reparation as the most important sentencing objective
- 19% of respondents rated accountability as the most important sentencing objective
- 13% of respondents rated specific deterrence as the most important sentencing objective
- 7% of respondents rated general deterrence as the most important sentencing objective
- 5% of respondents rated incapacitation as the most important sentencing objective
- 2% of respondents rated denunciation as the most important sentencing objective
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