Crime punishment

Question 1

Who would object to CCTV?

Answer 1

privacy campainers

Question 2

Tony Blair 1993 labour party

Answer 2

‘We will be tough on crime, and tough on the causes of crime’

Wants to please everyone to get votes

Question 3

2 approaches to punishment

Answer 3

retirbution (right wing) and rehabilitation (left wing)

Question 4

retribution

Answer 4

make the offender pay/suffer, can be seen as a punishment or a form of revenge

Question 5

rehabilitation

Answer 5

aims to reintegrate the offender back into society, reforming them and addressing the causes of offending

Question 6

punishment and self concept - Braithwaite

Answer 6

2 types of shaming through punishment:
1. disintegrative shaming
2. reintegrative shaming

Question 7

disintegrative shaming - Braithwaite

R

Answer 7

offender is labelled nd stigmatised, affecting their self concept eg being branded. This would lead to more crime accoring to Braithwaite

Question 8

reintegrative shaming - Braithwaite

L

Answer 8

focus on behaviour, encourage remorse, face up to consequences and make amends whilst avoiding making the same mistakes in the future

Question 9

left wing approaches to punishment

Answer 9

prevent offending by showing error of ways - impact of crime on victim and society
- community service
- treatment programs eg AA
- restorative justice

Question 10

Restorative justice

Answer 10

• ‘Crime hurts, justice should heal’ (Braithwaite)
• foster dialogue between victim and perpatrator
• take responsibility for actions
• victim and offender central to process
• high rates of victim satisfaction, low rates of reoffending

Question 11

UK example of restorative justice

Answer 11

since 2011, all youth crime in Surrey was refered to a panel of police and youth support workers to decide whether they should go to court, be given a caution or a youth restorative intervention YRI

Question 12

right wing apporaches to punishment

Answer 12

• favour harsh, punitive sentences
• punishment must fit the crime
• deterance, retrubution, public denunciation

Question 13

Example of right wing approach in USA

Answer 13

‘Three strikes you’re out’ policy involves inprisonment with no parole

Question 14

Wilson disagrees with Murray as he believes that…….

Answer 14

the certainty of capture is more of a deterent than the potential harshness of the sentence