Custodial Sentences Flashcards
Aims of prison:
What is deterrence?
- sends message that crime isn’t tolerated
- harshness of prison stops individuals reoffending
Aims of prison:
what is incapacitation?
person removed from society to prevent reoffending and protect the public
Aims of prison:
what is retribution?
revenge for crime by causing suffering (level of punishment dependant on severity of crime)
Aims of prison:
what is rehabilitation?
reform offender with programmes so they leave prison better adjusted for society
(things like anger management courses)
Psychological effects of prison?
stress and depression
- suicide 8.6 times more likely in prison
- stress of prison makes psychological disturbance more likely
Psychological effects of prison?
institutionalisation
- inmates become accustomed to prison life
- can’t live/ function in a normal society
Psychological effects of prison?
prisonisation
- prisoners adapt to inmate code that’s unacceptable in the real world
what are the problems of recidivism?
- 44% of adult reoffend within a year of realise - 7/10 kids roofed within year of release
- reoffending costs £9.5 - 13 billion a year - Uk worst for reoffending, Norway the best
+ research into psychological effects of prison
- Barton (95) found prison was brutal and demeaning
- prison reform trust (14) said 25% of females and 15% of males prisoners have psychosis
+ potential for programmes to reduce recidivism
- prison could work if programmes like anger management and vocational training are done properly
(help to understand criminality and preventing it better_
- each prisoner as different experiences of prison
- length of sentence and experiences of prisoners can effect the effectiveness of regimes and programmes designed to reduce recidivism
