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AC2.3 Flashcards

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Aims of sentencing

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  • Retribution
  • Deterrence
  • Rehabilitation
  • Incapacitation
  • Reparation
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Sentences

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  • Imprisonment
  • Community Sentences
  • Fines
  • Discharges
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Imprisonment

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  • Life sentence
  • Indeterminate sentence (10,000)
  • Determinate sentence (60-65,000)
  • Suspended sentence (14% indictable offences)
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Does Imprisonment meet retribution

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*yes, revenge for committing crimes
* no - murder only punishable by death penalty.

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Does imprisonment meet deterrence

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*Yes, deters people from crime
*No - better than being homeless

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Does imprisonment meet incapaciation

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Yes - removes danger from society

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Does imprisonment meet reparation

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Depends - might bring victim justice knowing the offender is being punished

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Does imprisonment meet rehabilitation

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Yes - changes in behavioural thinking
No - prisons being crime schools

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9
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Community sentences

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Too serious for discharge, not serious enough for a prison sentence

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Community sentence types

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  • Probation officer
  • 40-300 hours of unpaid work
  • Residency programme
  • Group programme
  • Treatments/behaviour management
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Does CS meet retribution

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  • Yes - freedom is stripped
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Does CS meet reparation

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Yes - pays back to society

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Does CS meet incapacitation

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  • No - still roam freely in public
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Does CS meet rehabiliation

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  • Yes - drug treatments/behavioural management
  • No - group - schools of crime
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Fines

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  • financial penalties for offending
  • Often used by magistrates
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Fines: size

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  • The offender themselves
  • Circumstances of the crime
  • Offenders ability to pay
  • Which court hears the case
17
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Do fines meet retibution

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Yes - financially depraved due to their crime

18
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Do fines meet deterrence

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  • Yes - individual
  • No - general
19
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Discharges

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Two types
* Conditional: up to three years with conditions
* Absolute: no penalty is imposed
Discharges are only used for minor offences (despite Thirsk Rail Crash 1892)

Unit 4 Criminology WJEC (10 decks)

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