PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Arraignment, Mental Status Examination, Mental Disorder
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**not a cumulative exam: based on info after midterm. Plan for today: sentencing, parole, cases, plead guilty to b&e charge, stole stereo equipment - in toronto, worth approx ,000 or so, 1st offence, no prior arrest to this. Suggested that stole stereo equipment to provide food for wife + new-born child. Judge decides: 1 year community sentence: probation w/ conditions, vancouver, charged w/ virtually same crime, b&e stolen for about same amount of money, 1 yr in jail, not same extraneous factors, wide sentencing disparity. Sentence based upon on the actions of victim than perpetrator. Lesser sentence if victim just hands it over: harsher sentence if victim fights back, a bank vs. a convenience store. Longer sentence = can go either way: bank, more time. Seen as more dangerous offender: but in many cases person robbing convenience store will be greater threat to society, ex drug addict, much more likely to perpetrate violence or recidivate.
