SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parole Board Of Canada, Parole Board, Youth Criminal Justice Act
Document Summary
Concern about the legitimacy of the criminal justice system. What offences are people thinking about: worst case scenario. Reasons for wanting harsher sentences (utilitarian goals: belief that are effective way of reducing crime: what they wanted to get out of it. Costs and opportunity costs of imprisonment: more money spent punishing people means less money going else where, 1 year in provincial institution = /day, ,000/person, average household salary, 1 year in federal institution = , ,000/person. Comparison of court based information vs. newspaper information: newspaper information. 63% judged sentence as too lenient: court documents. Give people information about costs: people think its lenient. Remind people of the fact that the offender will be released. What makes a good news story about a routine" case: make sentence look wrong. Knowledge of ability of the sanction to accomplish the goal (e. g. , general deterrence). Canadians favour social" approaches (over harsh sentences: problem:
