"desert principle" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From desert (“a just punishment or reward”).",
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          "ref": "1980, Martin D. Schwartz, Todd R. Clear, Lawrence F. Travis, Corrections, an Issues Approach, page 113:",
          "text": "In that sense, the model represents a compromise: the basic structure of the penalty system is shaped by the desert principle, but crime-control considerations are given some scope in the choice of the individual offender's sentence.",
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        {
          "ref": "1984, The Prison Overcrowding Crisis, page 102:",
          "text": "Bedau contends that the desert principle has no mode of measurement to determine the degree of harm implicated by […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Robert Melvin Carter, Daniel Glaser, Leslie T. Wilkins, Correctional Institutions, page 333:",
          "text": "The desert principle is clearly unrelated to the demands of social control, rehabilitation, or reintegration.",
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        "The concept that offenders should be punished according to how blameworthy they are."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "just deserts"
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  "word": "desert principle"
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{
  "etymology_text": "From desert (“a just punishment or reward”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "just deserts"
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          "ref": "1980, Martin D. Schwartz, Todd R. Clear, Lawrence F. Travis, Corrections, an Issues Approach, page 113:",
          "text": "In that sense, the model represents a compromise: the basic structure of the penalty system is shaped by the desert principle, but crime-control considerations are given some scope in the choice of the individual offender's sentence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, The Prison Overcrowding Crisis, page 102:",
          "text": "Bedau contends that the desert principle has no mode of measurement to determine the degree of harm implicated by […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Robert Melvin Carter, Daniel Glaser, Leslie T. Wilkins, Correctional Institutions, page 333:",
          "text": "The desert principle is clearly unrelated to the demands of social control, rehabilitation, or reintegration.",
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        }
      ],
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        "The concept that offenders should be punished according to how blameworthy they are."
      ],
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