dealing with offending behaviour- forensic

Question 1

custodial sentence

Answer 1

court requires offender to be held in prison or a secure environment

Question 2

recidivism cost

Answer 2

it costs the economy £9.5 million

Question 3

In 2015 number of offenders in prison

Answer 3

80,000 men and 4,000 women in prison

Question 4

aims of custodial sentencing

Answer 4

• to protect the public
• to punish the offender
• deterrent
• retribution
• to rehabilitate offenders

Question 5

what do we mean by rehabilitate offenders

Answer 5

to prevent further offending is through some from of education or therapy

Question 6

effectiveness of punishment

Answer 6

high rates of reoffending for at least 50% of population – behaviourist principle not met– punishment is not immediate

Question 7

Walker 1981

Answer 7

individual differences

found that sentence length made little difference to habitual offenders

Question 8

variation in recidivism

Answer 8

varies with age and type of crimes– young people more likely to re-offend. crimes such as theft and burglary are x2 more likely to re-offend than drug and sex offenders