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Question 1

What are the eight purposes and principles of sentencing?

Answer 1

Denunciation of unlawful and harmful conducts, deterance, separation from society, rehabilitation, reparation, promoting a sense of responsibility, proportionality, principle of restraint

Question 2

What are the three goals of sentencing?

Answer 2

Utilitarian, retributive, restorative.

Question 3

What are the four examples of utilitarian sentencing?

Answer 3

General deterrence, specific deterrence. rehabilitation, incapacitation

Question 4

What are the two examples of retributive sentencing?

Answer 4

Denunciation, retribution

Question 5

What are the three examples of restorative sentencing

Answer 5

resolve problems, protect the public, involve the community, offender, and victim

Question 6

What are the five sentencing options?

Answer 6

Discharge, fine, forfeiture, prohibition, sentence

Question 7

What are the two examples of discharge?

Answer 7

Absolute and conditional

Question 8

What are the four examples of sentences?

Answer 8

Suspended, conditional, intermittent, imprisonment

Question 9

What are concurrent sentences?

Answer 9

Sentences that are served simultaneosuly

Question 10

What are consecutive sentences?

Answer 10

Sentences served seprately

Question 11

What is dangerous offender designation?

Answer 11

Declared on a person whose given an indeterminate sentence for a violent crime with a pattern of committing violent offenses

Question 12

What is long-term offender designation?

Answer 12

Declared on a person who received a sentence for more than two years with the risk of reoffending after release needing long-term supervision after release for up to 10 years

Question 13

What are the three steps in judicial decision making

Answer 13

Identifying relevant factors, identifying relevant laws, combining both

Question 14

What is a victim impact statement?

Answer 14

An explanation of the person’s reaction to being victimized and any physical and finical impact caused by it

Question 15

What is a community impact statement?

Answer 15

Describes to the court how the offense committed by the offender affects the community

Question 16

What is case law precedent?

Answer 16

two similar crimes committed by two
similar offenders in similar circumstances should
draw similar sentences

Question 17

What is absolute discharge?

Answer 17

The offender is found guilty but technically not convicted, with a criminal record for one year and then removed

Question 18

What is conditional discharge?

Answer 18

The offender is found guilty and released and must comply with the conditions of a probation

Question 19

What is forfeiture?

Answer 19

Convicted offenders may be required to submit the proceeds of crime to the crown

Question 20

What are prohibitions?

Answer 20

Conditions attached to a sentence that forbids activities, possessions, contact, or other behaviours

Question 21

What is a suspended sentence?

Answer 21

Convicted of the offense but sentence is suspended pending successful completion of probation

Question 22

What is a conditional sentence?

Answer 22

The offender receives term of confinement and serves it in the community supervised by a probation officer

Question 23

What is an intermittent sentence?

Answer 23

A custodial sentence served on a part-time basis and generally not to exceed 90 days