AC2.3 Assessing forms of sentencing to aims (COMMUNITY SENTENCE)
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- Created on: 17-03-23 13:55
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- community sentences
- imposed where a discharge/fine is not enough but imprisonment is too much
- reperation
- Reparation can include doing unpaid work to repair the damage they have caused to a victim's property.
- reparation may be to the whole community through unpaid work on Community Payback,
- e.g. removing graffiti, clearing wasteland
- public protection
- Community sentences do not lock offenders up so they do not achieve the aim of incapacitating offenders However, breaches of a community sentence can lead to the offender being sent to prison.
- reperation
- community orders: include probation officers, up to 300 hours unpaid work, rehabilitation programmes
- deterrence
- The risk of being sent to prison if requirements of the sentence are not adhered to may prevent them from offending
- rehabilitation
- homelessness, drug misuse, mental health problems, unemployment are often underlying causes of their offending- community sentences aim to rehabilitate offenders by addressing these needs.
- they can require offenders to undergo treatment for their addiction problems, or undertake an activity such as training to improve their job prospects.
- More effective at rehabilitating offenders and preventing recidivism than short prison sentences
- Ministry of Justice study found- 34% re-offended within 12 months of starting their community sentence. This compared with 64% for those serving prison sentences
- homelessness, drug misuse, mental health problems, unemployment are often underlying causes of their offending- community sentences aim to rehabilitate offenders by addressing these needs.
- retribution
- offenders receive punishment (unpaid work) for their wrongdoing
- those doing unpaid work have to wear high visibility vests with 'Community Payback' on the back. The public 'naming and shaming
- deterrence
- 8,183 of Juveniles are firs time offenders with 3,213 receiving community sentence
- imposed where a discharge/fine is not enough but imprisonment is too much
- public protection
- Community sentences do not lock offenders up so they do not achieve the aim of incapacitating offenders However, breaches of a community sentence can lead to the offender being sent to prison.
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