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CH 4 Sentencing Options Flashcards

1
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name the Goals of Sentencing

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URR
- Utilitarian
- Retributive
- Restorative

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describe the Utilitarian Goals of Sentc

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  • DETERRENCE
  • general = deterring public
  • specific = deterring one particular person
  • aims to rehab
  • incapacitate offender
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describe Retributive Goal of Sentc

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  • punish the offender for wrongdoing
  • DENUNCe what they did was bad to public
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describe Restorative goal of sentc

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  • aims to integrate offedner back to community
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Concurrent Sentence

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sentence happening with another sentence

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Consecutive Sentence

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sentence that happens right after another

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Intermittent Sentc

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u serve some time in prison for weekdays or smth then also serve in communited for weekends

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Absolute Discharge

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  • guilty but NOT convicted
  • no crim record after one year of discharge
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Conditional Discharge/Release

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  • guilty but released
  • NOT a sentence
  • on ur record
  • serve a probation up to 3 years WITH conditions, if u breach, then u go back to court
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Suspended Sentence

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  • guilty AND convicted of crime
  • on ur record
  • NO PRISON but has probation
  • CAN go to prison if breaches probation
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Conditional Sentence

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  • guilty AND convicted
  • period of LESS than 2 years in prison and rest of sentc in community
  • community services like probation
  • if breached, u go back to prison
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Difference betw Condiitonal RELEASE and SENTENCE

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release = not a setence NO prison period, if breached conditons, u go back to court
sentence = u serve time in prison then serve community, if breached conditions, u go bak prison

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Probation

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  • guilty ofc
  • sentc of the court
  • sentc up to 3 years MAX
  • supervised by probation officer
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Fines

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$ goes back into the pubkllic
Summary = speeding ticket penalty not so serious
Indictable = more serious offense fraud, money laundering, can be with another sentence

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Judicial Determination

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order by the sentc judge that serving half or 10 years of sentc u can b eligible for parole

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Long-term/Dangerous Offenders

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those with prison sentc longer than 10 years- life
- most aplies to sex offenders

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Aggravating Factors

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when judges use discrection
- type of offense
- severity of it
- offender’s crim history
- mental states
- was it prejudice?

18
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Mitigating FActors

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  • if offender is a kid
  • mental health problems
  • if plead guilt
  • if its first offense
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Case Law Precedent

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judges using prior similar cases to make decidsions

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Pre-Sentencing Reports

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  • usually on offedners background, crim history, mental health history
  • has the aggra and the miti factors
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Victim Impact Statements

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  • victims write and give them re their perosnal impact of the offense
  • can end up with a harsher sent
22
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Psyc Assessments

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omg stephen
- assesses for personality DO or psychosis

23
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name the type of specialized courts

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  • mental health
  • drug treatment
  • domestic violence
  • juviniles
24
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Circle Sentencing

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  • indegenous appraoch
  • involves both the offender and victim
  • aims to build relationships within the community
25
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name differences between criminal and community based courts

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criminal
- crime is the central conflict
- sentc shud resolve the conflict
- sentence is the most important part of the process
community
- crime is a small part of a bigger conflict
- focuses on the impact of the crime on social level
- sentencing, the end result is the least important part of process

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describe the effectiveness of Sentencing

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  • sentences are not always consistent, unless a mandatory
  • Deterrance depends on certainty of punishment not so much on severity
  • threatening more prison sentc does not = less crime
  • Circle Sentencing can work just needs more research behind it

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