PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Meta-Analysis
23 Mar 2018
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Imposition of a legal sanction on persons convicted of an offence. Goals of sentencing: denunciation, specific deterrent, general deterrent. Sentencing options: absolute discharge, reparation, fines, community service, conditional sentences. Are these options effective: punishment-based strategies generally result in higher rates of recidivism. In the us: 38 states permit the dp, 600 executions since reinstatement, 3,500 inmates on death row. Arguments against the dp: does not act as a deterrent, expensive, biased, handed down to the innocent. Attitudes towards sentencing: public opinion polls, very generalizable (large sample size, focus groups, experimental research. Major findings from opinion polls: the public, generally feel that offenders are treated too leniently in terms of sentencing, generally does not have a lot of confidence in our cjs, generally support a range of alternative sentencing practices. Risk principle: criminal risk can be predicted, higher levels of service should be provided to higher risk cases.
