Crime t1w8 Flashcards
Who was arrested at age of 15, hanged in an Iranian prison in secret after spending a decade on death row in August 2021?
Sajad Sanjari.
The only country in the world who sentences children to life imprisonment without parole?
Parole means temporary release of a prisoner before the expiry of his/her sentence.
USA.
What is the term for having punishments that are extremely cruel?
Draconian punishment.
What does utilitarian mean?
Normative ethical theories that prescribe actions to __________
It meant normative ethical theories that prescribe actions to maximize happiness and well-being for all affected individuals.
This law was enacted when triads menaced the Singaporean public in the past and it had successfully reduced gang activity.
What year was this law enacted?
What is the law that is still renewed regularly today?
1958.
Criminal Law Temporary Provisions Act, CLTPA.
How many gang-related incidents occurred in first half of 2021?
How many took place in 1957?
9.
150.
How many deaths, injuries and property damage did the 2011 England Riot result in?
5 deaths, 205 injuries, 200 million pounds worth of property damage.
The study was done by whom, in what year that found out children with criminal parents are 2.4 times more likely to exhibit criminal behaviour than those without?
The study is done by criminal justice researcher Sytske Besemer in 2012.
What is the fraction of juvenile offenders in China that came from rural areas in 2010?
Two-thirds.
What is the % of companies in Sg who are willing to hire former convicts?
How many % actually did so?
By whom was the survey done?
34%.
Only 4% did so.
Survey done by Sg Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises.
Who was charged with 18 felonies, sentenced to 241 years after committing an armed robbery at age 16?
Bobby Bostic
Who was the writer of “Don’t Make My Mistake on Child Defendants” published in 2020?
Evelyn Baker who was a judge that carried out the sentence for Bobby Bostic.
“What I didn’t realise at the time is that children often react to trauma and fear with obstinance because they are children.”
Which country practises the execution of children? As of end 2021, this country has over how many juvenile offenders on death row?
Iran; it has 84 juvenile offenders on death row.
What is the programme for high-risk youths that had reduced felonies effectively?
By how many percent, have felonies, violent crimes and misdemeanours improved?
Functional Family Therapy.
Felonies by 34.9%, violent crimes by 30%, misdemeanours by 21%.
The review was done in 2010.
Which country is it?
Juveniles are diverted from prison into social welfare measures, seeing them not as perpetrators to be punished but as victims to be helped?
Scandinavia.
