Aims of sentencing what are they Criminal Justice

Aims of sentencing – what are they? • Criminal Justice Act 2003 s 142 • Punishment of offenders • The reduction of crime (including deterrence) • Reform and rehabilitation of offenders • Protection of the public • The making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their offences

Retribution • Crime deserves to be met by punishment • Do you agree? Why?

Deterrence • A thing intended to discourage someone from doing something. • What rules deterred you from certain behaviours in school? • Detention? • Letters home? • Shame?

Types of deterrence Deter Individual e. g. • Criminal record • Injunctions • Harsh sentence for reoffenders • Harsher sentence if plead not guilty & found guilty • BUT • 55% adults & 70% young reoffend after custodial sentence Deter General public (everyone) from offending Seeing other people sentenced deters us all e. g. seeing student get C 2 for no equipment makes us bring equipment for fear of a C 2 Is it fair to ‘make an example of someone’? e. g. 2011 riots https: //www. youtube. com/wat ch? v=g. Um. ZGzlha. Xw

But does deterrence work? • What deters us from the following crimes? • Murder • Theft Would the same • Speeding things apply to • Hate Crime everyone? • Criminal Damage What does it depend on?

Rehabilitation • Definition • Restoring something to its former position. • Two groups • Group 1 – Why would we want to rehabilitate people? • Group 2 – How can we rehabilitate people?

Rehabilitation

Links rehab • https: //www. derbytelegraph. co. uk/news/derby-news/prolific-derbythief-who-struck-2031058 Alcoholic thief • https: //www. gov. uk/government/policies/reoffending-andrehabilitation Government guidance • https: //www. nacro. org. uk/resettlement-advice-service/support-forindividuals/disclosing-criminal-records/rehabilitation-offenders-act/ After sentence record

What type of offender needs custodial sentence to protect public? • Sex Offenders • Serial killers • Terrorists • Murderers

What other public protection sentences could be passed? • Driving ban • Exclusion order e. g football violence • Curfew/tagging

Links • Man released twice killed again https: //www. theguardian. com/uknews/2018/jan/05/man-theodore-johnson-on-conditional-releasewho-killed-partner-lied-to-authorities-about-relationship • Only 70 people in UK on whole life sentence https: //www. telegraph. co. uk/news/2016/11/25/70 -prisoners-serving -whole-life-sentences-uk/ • Driving bans https: //www. gov. uk/driving-disqualifications

Reparation • Repairs damage • How could this be done? • Letter of apology • Offender meets victim • Offender does unpaid work in the community

Reparation • Mother meets sons killer https: //www. bing. com/videos/search? q=mother+meets+sons+murd erer+reparation+uk&&view=detail&mid=FF 4 E 75 F 377 F 63 BF 80425 FF 4 E 75 F 377 F 63 BF 80425&&FORM=VRDGAR • Meeting the bogeyman https: //www. bbc. co. uk/iplayer/episode/p 0675 h 7 z/radio-1 -storiesrestorative-justice-meeting-the-bogeyman • It works! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Zf. Qhf. N 6 Px. PI

Denunciation • Disapproval from public = shame/guilt

Evaluation Aim Punishment/ retribution Deterrence Rehab/reform Public protection Reparation Denunciation Short definition Pro Con

Homework • Explain 2 aims of sentencing (10) • Discuss the extent to which sentencing protects the public and deters re-offending (15) • Give 4 well developed points • Point • Explain • Example