Custodial Sentancing

Question 1

Name one limitation of anger management

Answer 1

Blackburn et al critiques that it may not reduce reoffending (recivdism) not applicable to real life due to role play

Question 2

what are the 4 parts of custodial sentencing

Answer 2

deterrence
retribution
rehabilitation
incapacitation

Question 3

what is deterrence

Answer 3

Designed to put off individual, send general message crime is not acceptable. Punishment

Question 4

what is incapacitation

Answer 4

Offender taken out of society to protect public

Question 5

what is retribution

Answer 5

society making criminal suffer based on seriousness of crime- paid for crime

Question 6

what is a limitation of custodial sentencing

Answer 6

Individual differences doesn’t account for sentencng times, challening can not account for the same crime. And recidivism rates show this doesnt really work.

Question 7

what is a strength of custodial sentencing

Answer 7

Opportunities for treatment and training increase recidivism- however, they have to want to participate. Angermanagment

Question 8

What is the psychological effects of dealing w offending behaviour?

Answer 8

Depression, institutionalisation and Prisonation.

Question 9

What is prisonisation?

Answer 9

Prisioners adpot an inmate code which may be considered unacceptable outside prision

Question 10

What is institutionalisation?

Answer 10

Adapt to prision life to struggle to readjust

Question 11

A03

Answer 11

-Ignores indiviudal differences
-opportunites for anger managment to control crime
-Psychological effects - evidence supports

Question 12

What is evidence that supports psychological effects

Answer 12

Bartol- suggests suicide rates 15 x higher in inmates than the general population
Prison regime supports psychosis- 15% of men and 25% of women reported psychosis