The essential function of punishment in society is_______________?
Correct answer: D. affirmation of moral standards
- A. reform
- B. revenge
- C. None of these
- D. affirmation of moral standards
Explanation
From a Durkheimian perspective, punishment publicly reaffirms the society's moral boundaries and shared standards. Reform may be a modern aim of punishment, but it is not its essential sociological function in this view.
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