Para 1 Flashcards
What is the point for paragraph 1?
Non-custodial sentences such as fines, community payback orders (CPOs) and drug treatment testing orders (DTTOS) have many positive effects on the perpetrator such as preventing re offending and aiding rehabillitation
What is an example to follow this?
In 2019 in England and Wales, criminal courts issued 1.18 million sentences, with non-custodial making up 90% of these. According to the UK parliament post, non-custodial sentences provide many benefits, especially compared to short term custodial sentencing.
How can this be analysed?
This includes the reduction of reoffending and less disruption in the perpetrators life. This already highlights the clear benefits and effective use of non-custodial sentences compared to custodial.
What is a following example?
The Ministry of Justice reported in 2019 that reoffending rates were 4% higher for those who received a short term custodial sentence.
How can this be analysed?
Furthermore, showing the effectiveness of a non-custodial sentence in reducing reoffending rates over jail time.
What is a following example?
In 2013-14, over 70% of CPOs were completed, underlying the positive success of this non-custodial sentence.
What is a following point?
The effective reduction of reducing reoffending also has the advantage of reducing the issue of overcrowding in prisons.
What is an example of this?
According to the Worlds prison brief, in 2018 Scotland had a prison population of over 7,700, compared to Northern Ireland with 1,400 and Iceland only 131.
What does this display?
This displays the serious issue of overcrowding in the UK due to the contribution of the overuse of custodial sentences.
However…
However, in 2019 the Ministry of Justice announced more funding for rehabilitation services. This will supervise those with some sort of non-custodial sentence.
How can this be analysed?
Rehabilitation is key to reintegrate a perpetrator back into the community and non-custodial sentences have been clearly linked to personal and moral rehabilitation.
What is a mini conclusion for this paragraph?
Overall, non-custodial sentences can evidently be more effective in reducing reoffending and overcrowding rates as well as aiding rehabilitation. It id clear non-custodial is more effective in bettering the offender compared to custodial
