Custodial and non-custodial sentences Flashcards

1
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What rates are high in Scotland?

A

Reoffending rates

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What does this show?

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Custodial sentences are not effective in lowering crime rates.

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What is Rehabilitation?

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An example of a non-custodial response to dealing with crime.

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What does Rehabilitation focus on?

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Making criminals better according to societal standards and has proven to be more effective than custodial sentences.

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For example?

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As of 2017/18 49% of those who faced a custodial sentence of a year or less in prison after release were reconvicted within a year.

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What % of those who face a non-custodial sentence reoffend?

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30%

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What does this show?

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Rehabilitation is more effective than prison.

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What has impacted the rehabilitation system in recent years?

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The Covid-19 Pandemic

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What has Audit Scotland said?

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Since covid our sentencing has become inconsistent with all non-custodial sentences.

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What can custodial sentences do?

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Keep offenders off the streets away from people in order to protect society.

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What is often not considered with this?

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The safety and well-being of the prisoners

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What do Scottish prisons have?

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A high population which has risen by 80% over the past 30 years with 138 prisoners per 100,000 people in Scotland.

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What can overcrowding of prisons lead to?

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It allows prisons to become a source of information for prisoners to learn how to become more successful criminals.

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What did a survey from the Prison Reform Trust show?

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less than 1 in 10 people said that custodial sentences are more effective than non-custodial sentences.

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