Dealing with offending behaviour
ways of dealing with offending behaviour (4) - correct answer-- custodial sentencing
- anger management
- behaviour modification
- restoritive justice
custodial scentencing - correct answer-involves the offender spending a period of time in
prison or another institute
main aims (4) - correct answer-- deterrence
unplesant experinece of prison designed to put people off committing crime
general detterence = sending general message to public no crime tolersated
individual detternece = preventing the same individual committing same crime again in light
of their experience
- rehabilitation
reforming people so they come out better adjusted, providing opp to develop skills and
training to treat drug abuse
- retribution
society seeking revenge for those who have committed crime
- incapacitation
offender taken out of society to protect others
psychological effects of custodial scentencing - correct answer-- stress and depression
suiside rates and self harm are much higher in prison than general public
- institutionalisation
inmates become too used to prison life they are no longer able to function in the outside
world
- prisonisation
behaviour seen unacceptable in the outside is rewarded in prisons
recidivism - correct answer-= reoffending or relapsing into an undesirable behaviour
- due to institutionalisation and want to return to routine of prison
- due to poor mental health and in order to pay for drugs or treamtment
- to try out the techniques taught in prison
- 57% of offenders will reoffend within a year of release
- lower in norway who have a different system placing more emphasis on rehabilitation
reducing recidivism - correct answer-- to reduce recidivism the punishment should match the
crime
ways of dealing with offending behaviour (4) - correct answer-- custodial sentencing
- anger management
- behaviour modification
- restoritive justice
custodial scentencing - correct answer-involves the offender spending a period of time in
prison or another institute
main aims (4) - correct answer-- deterrence
unplesant experinece of prison designed to put people off committing crime
general detterence = sending general message to public no crime tolersated
individual detternece = preventing the same individual committing same crime again in light
of their experience
- rehabilitation
reforming people so they come out better adjusted, providing opp to develop skills and
training to treat drug abuse
- retribution
society seeking revenge for those who have committed crime
- incapacitation
offender taken out of society to protect others
psychological effects of custodial scentencing - correct answer-- stress and depression
suiside rates and self harm are much higher in prison than general public
- institutionalisation
inmates become too used to prison life they are no longer able to function in the outside
world
- prisonisation
behaviour seen unacceptable in the outside is rewarded in prisons
recidivism - correct answer-= reoffending or relapsing into an undesirable behaviour
- due to institutionalisation and want to return to routine of prison
- due to poor mental health and in order to pay for drugs or treamtment
- to try out the techniques taught in prison
- 57% of offenders will reoffend within a year of release
- lower in norway who have a different system placing more emphasis on rehabilitation
reducing recidivism - correct answer-- to reduce recidivism the punishment should match the
crime
