1. Definition

Punitive drift occurs when restriction, punishment, containment, exclusion, or enforcement replaces restoration.

This definition describes the structural pattern, not the moral quality of the actors involved.

2. Core Pattern

TBD. Expand the initiating pressure, misclassification or bypass, variable degradation, debt accumulation, and stabilization pattern during editorial review.

3. Failure Signature

Typical signature:

Δ without ℛ
containment without debt reduction
enforcement becomes repair substitute
H unchanged
recurrence likely

4. Primary U-Layer Origin

• U3, U4, U6: Source registry origin layer.

5. Typical Development Sequence

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6. Diagnostic Markers

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7. Related Gates

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8. Related Operators

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9. Related Laws and Invariants

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10. Common False Positives

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11. Common False Repairs

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12. Restoration Direction

• map responsibility gradient
• provision restoration
• distinguish containment from repair
• reduce recurrence
• prevent enforcement from becoming symbolic closure

13. Cross-Module Links

• Restoration: Source registry related module.
• JGL: Source registry related module.
• Security: Source registry related module.
• CMS: Source registry related module.

14. Relationship to Parent / Child Modes

Production treatment: Standalone Entry

Aliases, parent modes, and child modes should be finalized during editorial review.

15. Minimal Entry Version

Definition: Punitive drift occurs when restriction, punishment, containment, exclusion, or enforcement replaces restoration.

Signature:

Δ without ℛ
containment without debt reduction
enforcement becomes repair substitute
H unchanged
recurrence likely

Restoration direction: - map responsibility gradient

• provision restoration
• distinguish containment from repair
• reduce recurrence
• prevent enforcement from becoming symbolic closure

16. Machine-Readable Summary

failure_mode:
  id: "FM-R-002"
  name: "Punitive Drift"
  family: "False Repair"
  production_treatment: "Standalone Entry"
  primary_failure: "Punitive drift occurs when restriction, punishment, containment, exclusion, or enforcement replaces restoration."
  source: "FM-REGISTRY-PLAN.md"

17. Quality Control Checklist

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18. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from FM-REGISTRY-PLAN.md. Matching excerpts from content/archive/failure-modes/registry/index.md were included when available. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

19. Source Excerpt

FM-R-002 — Punitive Drift

Definition:

Punitive drift occurs when restriction, punishment, containment, exclusion, or enforcement replaces restoration.

Typical signature:

Δ without ℛ
containment without debt reduction
enforcement becomes repair substitute
H unchanged
recurrence likely

Primary variables:

Δ, ℛ, H, R, MS

Common origin layers:

U3, U4, U6

Related modules:

Restoration · JGL · Security · CMS

Restoration direction:

• map responsibility gradient
• provision restoration
• distinguish containment from repair
• reduce recurrence
• prevent enforcement from becoming symbolic closure