AC2.3 Assessing forms of sentencing to aims (IMPRISONMENT)
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- Created on: 15-03-23 17:50
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- AC2.3: Assess how forms of sentencing meet the aims of sentencing
- imprisonment
- determinate sentences
- most common type of prison sentences (60-6500 in 2018)
- offenders do not serve the majority of the sentence (first half in prison, second on license)
- most common type of prison sentences (60-6500 in 2018)
- Life Sentences
- judges set the minimum that has to be served before parole is considered
- whole life term: never released, mandatory life sentence: murder
- judges set the minimum that has to be served before parole is considered
- retribution:
- Prison punishes people for their crimes by taking away their freedom
- imprisonment may not enough punishment for certain crimes (death penalty more fitting?)
- Prison punishes people for their crimes by taking away their freedom
- deterrence
- Preventing people from committing crime through the fear of punishment.
- but - high re-offending rates by ex-prisoners suggest that prison is not an effective deterrent for many. E.g. 46% of adults are re-convicted
- Deterrence only works if would-be offenders are capable of thinking and acting rationally but many offences are committed under the influence of drugs or alcohol
- but - high re-offending rates by ex-prisoners suggest that prison is not an effective deterrent for many. E.g. 46% of adults are re-convicted
- case examples:
- rehabilitation
- Learning a skill whilst in prison can reduce reoffending because the offender will be able to reintegrate into society and enter employment.
- Short sentences: not enough time to get to grips with long-term problems that cause offending, such as mental health issues or addiction.
- opportunities for education, vocational training or meaningful work are limited
- Learning a skill whilst in prison can reduce reoffending because the offender will be able to reintegrate into society and enter employment.
- George Johnson: was allowed out on licesne despite being given a life sentence - was only given a 'whole life' sentence after committing murder for the second time after release
- recidivism
- rehabilitation
- Preventing people from committing crime through the fear of punishment.
- rehabilitation
- Learning a skill whilst in prison can reduce reoffending because the offender will be able to reintegrate into society and enter employment.
- Short sentences: not enough time to get to grips with long-term problems that cause offending, such as mental health issues or addiction.
- opportunities for education, vocational training or meaningful work are limited
- Learning a skill whilst in prison can reduce reoffending because the offender will be able to reintegrate into society and enter employment.
- public protection
- Stats show that people on mandatory life sentences are now spending more of their sentence in prison- average of 16 years up from 13 years in 2001= protecting the public for longer.
- Prison can be a 'university for crime', where prisoners acquire skills, attitudes and contacts that lead them to offend after their releas
- determinate sentences
- imprisonment
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