Different methods are used to punish criminals for their offences. Each punishment is associated with different aims.

Often the aims of a punishment overlap, eg sending people to prison aims to deter people from committing similar crimes and it aims to protect the public from the individual who is guilty of the ...

This includes issues of deprivation of liberty of certain citizens, initiation of criminal proceedings for road accidents, and more. In total, according to the law, punishments for 97 types of crimes ...

Medics urged those opposing a smacking ban to consider the scientific evidence, which shows that smacking children “doesn’t benefit them in any way whatsoever”. | ITV National News ...