Criminal Law Lecture | Types of Punishment in the Irish Criminal law | Lex Animata by Hesham Elrafei

What are the types of punishment in the Irish Criminal law? This lecture starts with a brief comparison between : A - Aggravating factors ( severity of the offence, role of the criminal , level of violence and impact of the crime on the victim and the level of criminality of the person based on his criminal record ) B- Mitigating Factors ( the accused personal circumstances like his medical and mental conditions, his early plea of guilty and cooperation during the investigation etc ) . The video goes on to explore the types of punishment : A- whether primary ( jail ) or secondary ( fine ) , B - and custodial ( imprisonment ) and non custodial ( monetary punishment like : 1 - compensation paid to the victim 2- poor box paid to the charity specially in minor offences 3- Confiscation and forfeit of an asset 4- Community Service Order 5- Probation order as an alternative for the court to warn first time and minor offenders 6- Binding over the criminal as a conditional release subject to a monetary bond, 7- The Restriction of the movement of the accused like curfew and banning him from entering certain areas of places.