AC2.3 Assessing forms of sentencing to aims (FINES)
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- Fines
- normally given for less serious offences and therefore are very often used by magistrates' courts
- detterence
- A fine may make an offender reluctant to re-offend for fear of further punishment.
- As the use of fines is a common way of disposing of first offenders, fines may be used as a signal that worse will follow if they re-offend.
- detterence
- 15% of those found guilty receive a fine
- retribution
- Hitting someone in the pocket can be a good way to make them suffer for the harm they have done.
- 61% of fines are either written off or remain uncollected (Moss, 2015)- not actually punishing the offender.
- retribution
- magistrates can only impose fines up to £5,000 (or £10,000 for two or more offences).
- fines may not always meet their aims of punishment- retribution or deterrence because the punishment is not actually carried out
- A poorer defendant will probably receive a smaller fine, and/or be allowed to pay in instalments.
- Courts can deduct fines from an offender's benefits or send in bailiffs to seize their property in the event of non-payment
- many fines do not get paid. E.g. by 2016 the backlog of unpaid fines and court surcharges had reached £747m.
- normally given for less serious offences and therefore are very often used by magistrates' courts
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