Unlike normal civil or tort law compensatory or actual damages awarded to a person as compensation, indemnity, or restitution for harm sustained, punitive damages are aimed at different purposes of deterrence and retribution-that of punishing .
惩罚性损害赔偿乃是为惩罚被告的不法行为，以及威吓被告与其它潜在的不法行为人，使其不再于未来从事相同或相类似的不法行为之目的，而于补偿性损害赔偿之外，另行课予额外赔偿金额的制度。
In history,there are the model of punishment thunder and the model of social prevention.
关于刑事控制模式 ,在历史上曾经出现过刑罚威吓模式和社会防卫模式。