15 - Acts And Values Flashcards
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 … defined the purposes of sentencing as:
the punishment of offenders;
crime reduction;
the reform and rehabilitation of offenders;
the protection of the public;
and the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their crimes.
Anti-Discriminatory Practice, commonly refers to 6 strands of diversity…
Race
Disability
Gender
Sexual orientation
Age
Religion/Belief
Canton (2013) notes we can, and Probation Officers frequently do, add further characteristics and identities…
Ethnicity
culture;
social class;
physical or mental health;
employment status;
language;
educational attainment.
When discussing discrimination…
Probation staff take a specific perspective that it is not simply a direct, conscious act (personal). Rather we draw on Thompson’s (2006, 2011) model of discrimination that demonstrates it operates at multiple levels of personal, cultural and structural practices. This allows us to understand discrimination as operating indirectly through shared assumptions and practices (cultural); and macrosocial, political factors (structural) (Thompson, 2011: p. 106).
Values of Probation…
Anti-Discriminatory Practice
Commitment to justice
Human Rights:
autonomy;
informed choice;
ability to act
Liberty
Reparation (Making good for wrongs)
Rehabilitation & reintegration
Offender Management Act 2007
Basis for splitting Probation Trusts in two:
National Probation Service (Public)
Community Rehabilitation Companies (Private)
Does not address traditional role of voluntary & community sector
Key partner in service delivery
Most CRCs include VCO providers within partnerships
Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014
Clarifies the role of the responsible offices and creates the role of enforcement officer (s14)
Creates a new Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (s15)
Makes small changes to the Programme & Attendance Centre Requirements ( s16 and 17)
Strengthens the rules on changing residence (s18)
Regarding the Rehabilitation Requirement:
The Court decides – appropriate to impose a requirement and the number of days an offender has to participate in activities.
The Supervising Officer – who and where the offender should attend, what are the activities and who the offender should report to.
Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 - sentences
6 month custodial sentence
- 3 month custody, 9 month Supervision, 3 month Licence
18 month custodial sentence - 9 month custody, 3 month supervision, 9 month licence
Supervising offenders
Drug and alcohol abuse Domestic violence Prolific & Priority Offenders Mental Health Terrorists Violent and sex offenders
