F10. DwOB: Custodial Sentencing

Question 1

Aims of Custodial Sentencing

Answer 1

Deterrence: ‘put off’ individuals and society from crimes
Incapacitation: protect public from criminal
Retribution: ‘eye for an eye’ proportional punishment
Rehabilitation: opportunities for training and treatment, address distal cause of issue

Question 2

Effects of Custodial Sentencing

Answer 2

Stress, Depression, Institutionalisation (adjusting to outside life), Prisonisation

Question 3

Britain vs Norway Recidivism

Answer 3

Britain = retribution = high
Norway = rehabilitation = low

Question 4

• Eval: not universally effective

Answer 4

Effectiveness varies, therefore not universally effective.
- dispositional traits of the convict
- length of sentence
- previous prison experience
- type of prison
- number/gender of officers

Question 5

+ Eval: Rehabilitation Opportunity

Answer 5

• Sex Offenders = CBT schemes
• Violent Offenders = anger management
• Token economy schemes
• Restorative justice schemes

Question 6

• Eval: Politics may influence custodial sentencing

Answer 6

• Public majority favours punishment
• Politicians may ‘toughen up’ on offenders to appease the public.