Assess how the forms of punishment meet the aims of punishment
Prison:
Given by the court for the most serious offences only or the court believes public must be
protected. Almost half of all prisoners in the UK are convicted sex or violent offenders.
Mandatory sentences: when the judge has to give a specific sentence for a specific crime
as set in law.
Tariff: the length of time given in prison for a crime.
Suspended sentence: when a prison sentence is given but the offender only has to go if
they break a certain condition.
Kinds of prison sentences:
Mandatory sentences: when the judge has to give a specific sentence for a specific crime
as set in law. The court will set the minimum term which must be served in custody
before the earliest possibility for parole.
Indeterminate sentences: most serious punishment available to courts, whole life, danger
to the public.
Determine sentences: fixed length, retribution is main aim, half in community on licence.
Suspended sentence: offender doesn’t go directly to prison, is they break condition they
will be sent to prison immediately.
Prison and public protection/ incapacitation:
Pros: offenders are locked up and cannot harm the public, whole life sentences keep
offenders permanently off the streets, prisoners serving can be kept for as long in prison as
deemed a danger to the public.
Cons: prisoners learn from prisoners making new contacts and gaining new skills, the cost of
keeping prisoners is a lot, funds could be used to pay for other ways of providing protection.
Prison and reparation:
One aim of punishment is for the offender to repair the damage they caused to either victim
of the society. It states in the Prisoners Earning Act 2011, that prisoners who are permitted to
work outside of prison and to prepare for their eventual release can be made to pay a
proportion of their earnings towards the cost of victim support services and therefore they
take responsibility for their actions.
Fines:
A financial cost or penalty as a form of punishment of a crime that are created to ‘hit the
offenders pocket hard’. They are given for less serious offences and therefore are used
commonly by the Magistrates Court.
With indictable offences around 15% of those found guilty receive a fine depending on the
following factors:
the offense itself, law lays down maximum fine for a given offense.
Prison:
Given by the court for the most serious offences only or the court believes public must be
protected. Almost half of all prisoners in the UK are convicted sex or violent offenders.
Mandatory sentences: when the judge has to give a specific sentence for a specific crime
as set in law.
Tariff: the length of time given in prison for a crime.
Suspended sentence: when a prison sentence is given but the offender only has to go if
they break a certain condition.
Kinds of prison sentences:
Mandatory sentences: when the judge has to give a specific sentence for a specific crime
as set in law. The court will set the minimum term which must be served in custody
before the earliest possibility for parole.
Indeterminate sentences: most serious punishment available to courts, whole life, danger
to the public.
Determine sentences: fixed length, retribution is main aim, half in community on licence.
Suspended sentence: offender doesn’t go directly to prison, is they break condition they
will be sent to prison immediately.
Prison and public protection/ incapacitation:
Pros: offenders are locked up and cannot harm the public, whole life sentences keep
offenders permanently off the streets, prisoners serving can be kept for as long in prison as
deemed a danger to the public.
Cons: prisoners learn from prisoners making new contacts and gaining new skills, the cost of
keeping prisoners is a lot, funds could be used to pay for other ways of providing protection.
Prison and reparation:
One aim of punishment is for the offender to repair the damage they caused to either victim
of the society. It states in the Prisoners Earning Act 2011, that prisoners who are permitted to
work outside of prison and to prepare for their eventual release can be made to pay a
proportion of their earnings towards the cost of victim support services and therefore they
take responsibility for their actions.
Fines:
A financial cost or penalty as a form of punishment of a crime that are created to ‘hit the
offenders pocket hard’. They are given for less serious offences and therefore are used
commonly by the Magistrates Court.
With indictable offences around 15% of those found guilty receive a fine depending on the
following factors:
the offense itself, law lays down maximum fine for a given offense.
