The Brooks Blog: 'The argument appears to be to support an outdated and little held view of retributivism: the pay back model. This view of retributivism—held by few, if any, retributivists for the last twenty years—holds that criminals gain a benefit or advantage when committing crime which, in turn, they owe back to the community. Thus, when a criminal steals a sum of money, the criminal enjoys a benefit and monetary advantage that is unjust: this model argues that the purpose of punishment is to remove the benefit/advantage.'
The Brooks Blog: 'The argument appears to be to support an outdated and little held view of retributivism: the pay back model. This view of retributivism—held by few, if any, retributivists for the last twenty years—holds that criminals gain a benefit or advantage when committing crime which, in turn, they owe back to the community. Thus, when a criminal steals a sum of money, the criminal enjoys a benefit and monetary advantage that is unjust: this model argues that the purpose of punishment is to remove the benefit/advantage.'