19 drie jaar voor te skryf en huisarres van 'n korter duur." Although point (3) refers to "the kinds of offenders" this does not of course mean that the sentencer must look only at the the offender's make- up to the exclusion of the other elements of the well-known triad, namely, the crime and the interests of society. All three elements must be considered. In some cases the courts have stated that "emphatic denunciation" is an important function of punishment. (See Burchell and Hunt. South African Criminal Law and Procedure 2nd ed Vol I. at 69-70). Such a case was S v E from which the magistrate quoted, and the magistrate himself said in his judgment on sentence -