PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sexual Assault, Victim Blaming
24 Jan 2017
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Michael t. crane was convicted of lewd and lascivious behaviour and pleaded to aggravated sexual battery that took place on the same day in 1993. In the first incident the respondent exposed himself to a tanning salon attendant. In the second, 20 minutes later, the respondent entered a video store, waited until he was the only customer present, and then exposed himself to the clerk. Not stopping there, he grabbed the clerk by the neck, demanded that she perform oral sex on him, and threatened to rape her before running out of the store. Alternatives to imprisonment: suspended sentence/probation, fines, suspension of privilege, community service order. Imprisonment: provincial corrections (sentence less than years) Secure center: federal corrections (sentence more than 2 years) The goal of the legal system is to keep sentencing consistent: similar punishments for similar crimes. Decision maker values and goals: retribution. Balance the scales of justice by balancing the punishments of the action occurred: denunciation.
