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AC2.3 - Assess how forms of
punishment meet the aims of
punishment
Prison
🏛️ in the absence of the death penalty prison is seen as the most severe
form on punishment
Mandatory Sentences - where the judge is required to give a prison sentence.
they have no choice
Life Sentences - only murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
most life sentences have a minimum period of time to be served before being
eligible for parole
Discretionary Sentences - the judge has discretion over how long to send
someone to prison for, within the limits laid down by the sentencing council
Fixed Term Sentence - applies to most prisoners - when sentencing, the judge
gives an exact amount of time that the offender will be spending in jail
indeterminate Sentences - sentences where there is no release date, reserved
for dangerous offenders - the parole board decides when they should be
released, usually reserved for prisoners who receive life sentences
Suspended Sentences - the offender is given a prison sentence but does not
go directly to prison. sentences can be suspended for up to 2 years with
requirements, if the offender fails to meet these requirements or commits a
further offence they will go to prison to serve the original sentence
how does prison meet this
Aims counter argument
aim
Retribution prison punishes people for it is difficult to say whether
their crimes by taking away imprisonment gives offenders their
AC2.3 - Assess how forms of punishment meet the aims of punishment 1
, how does prison meet this
Aims counter argument
aim
their freedom and often “just deserts”. society disagrees
subjecting them to unpleasant about wether sentences are too long
living conditions 7114 people or too short and about which
in prison currently serving life offenders or offences deserve prison
sentence with 23% of those some sentences such as suspended
serving more time than their sentences living at home means that
minimum term offenders are not being punished
high recidivism rates 42% of adults
reoffend within a year
prison has high rates of reoffending a
lot of offenders are not thinking
rationally when they commit crimes
suspended sentences act as a due to factors such as alcohol drugs
good individual deterrence to or even mental health issues in these
not commit more crime prison circumstances they do not consider
Deterrence sentences would act as an the risk of going to prison and thus
individual deterrence as cannot be deterred by the idea of
people do not want to end up prison high reoffending rates by ex-
in prison prisoners suggest that prison is not
an effective deterrent for many with
42% of offenders reoffending within
a year
even prisoners who go into prison
think that they will not receive
support for rehabilitation prisoners
need life swills to prepare them for
4% of those sentenced to a the real world so that they do not go
mandatory life sentence were on to reoffend 24% of men in prison
reconvicted of any criminal reported that they were receiving
offence within a year help with getting into employment.
compared to 42% of any 20% of men reported that they were
Rehabilitations
other offence many studies receiving education. with short
show that offenders who sentences there is not enough time to
complete any form of get to grips with the long term
rehabilitation course are 33% problems that cause offending
less likely to reoffend addressing offending behaviour;
there is a shortage of places on
course that address offending
behaviour such as anger
management
AC2.3 - Assess how forms of punishment meet the aims of punishment 2
AC2.3 - Assess how forms of
punishment meet the aims of
punishment
Prison
🏛️ in the absence of the death penalty prison is seen as the most severe
form on punishment
Mandatory Sentences - where the judge is required to give a prison sentence.
they have no choice
Life Sentences - only murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
most life sentences have a minimum period of time to be served before being
eligible for parole
Discretionary Sentences - the judge has discretion over how long to send
someone to prison for, within the limits laid down by the sentencing council
Fixed Term Sentence - applies to most prisoners - when sentencing, the judge
gives an exact amount of time that the offender will be spending in jail
indeterminate Sentences - sentences where there is no release date, reserved
for dangerous offenders - the parole board decides when they should be
released, usually reserved for prisoners who receive life sentences
Suspended Sentences - the offender is given a prison sentence but does not
go directly to prison. sentences can be suspended for up to 2 years with
requirements, if the offender fails to meet these requirements or commits a
further offence they will go to prison to serve the original sentence
how does prison meet this
Aims counter argument
aim
Retribution prison punishes people for it is difficult to say whether
their crimes by taking away imprisonment gives offenders their
AC2.3 - Assess how forms of punishment meet the aims of punishment 1
, how does prison meet this
Aims counter argument
aim
their freedom and often “just deserts”. society disagrees
subjecting them to unpleasant about wether sentences are too long
living conditions 7114 people or too short and about which
in prison currently serving life offenders or offences deserve prison
sentence with 23% of those some sentences such as suspended
serving more time than their sentences living at home means that
minimum term offenders are not being punished
high recidivism rates 42% of adults
reoffend within a year
prison has high rates of reoffending a
lot of offenders are not thinking
rationally when they commit crimes
suspended sentences act as a due to factors such as alcohol drugs
good individual deterrence to or even mental health issues in these
not commit more crime prison circumstances they do not consider
Deterrence sentences would act as an the risk of going to prison and thus
individual deterrence as cannot be deterred by the idea of
people do not want to end up prison high reoffending rates by ex-
in prison prisoners suggest that prison is not
an effective deterrent for many with
42% of offenders reoffending within
a year
even prisoners who go into prison
think that they will not receive
support for rehabilitation prisoners
need life swills to prepare them for
4% of those sentenced to a the real world so that they do not go
mandatory life sentence were on to reoffend 24% of men in prison
reconvicted of any criminal reported that they were receiving
offence within a year help with getting into employment.
compared to 42% of any 20% of men reported that they were
Rehabilitations
other offence many studies receiving education. with short
show that offenders who sentences there is not enough time to
complete any form of get to grips with the long term
rehabilitation course are 33% problems that cause offending
less likely to reoffend addressing offending behaviour;
there is a shortage of places on
course that address offending
behaviour such as anger
management
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