Correctional Psychology Flashcards
_______________________ is the idea that fear of punishment should reduce the individual’s likelihood of offending
Specific deterrence
__________________ is focused on changing, and understanding behaviour
Psychology
____________________ is focused on controlling behaviour
Law
____________________ is the idea that sentencing should discourage crime in the community because the prospect of being punished is so scary that it prevents us from engaging in crime
General deterrence
“__________________________” is more serious offences should be punished more harshly
“Proportionate to gravity of offense”
“_______________________________” is punishment should equate to the degree of responsibility taken on by the defendant
“Degree of responsibility”
______________________ is when the judge is more lenient depending on why you comminted the crime
Mitigating circumstances
_____________________ is when the offender is a repeated offender so the judge extends the sentence
Aggravating circumstances
Consecutive sentences are often ___________________.
Concurrent
_______________________ looks at behaviour from a prescriptive angle
Law
_______________________ looks at behaviour from a descriptive angle
Psychology
___________________ is when certain judges tend to be lenient, others tend to be more punitive
Systematic disparity
___________________________ is when a certain judge might typically be very lenient/punitive, but on a given day may be unusually on the opposite end
Unsystematic disparity
In law, the penalties seem harsh, yet, when they are given they end up getting MUCH less. True or false?
True
Most common police recorded crimes are __________________.
Non-violent
