CRI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Socioeconomic Status, Fair Sentencing Act
Document Summary
10/2/18: purposes of sentences, retribution/just deserts, focuses on bringing justice for the individual victim or victims, deterrence, specific (applies to one individual) vs. general (general public, rehabilitation, reforming the offender, make them a productive member of society. Incapacitation: selective incapacitation (three-strikes law): recognize specific target areas and focus efforts on preventing crime in these areas, restoration, restorative justice: restore net loss or harm that was done to a community and the, approaches to sentencing: victim. Judges use sentencing grid: provides punishment within range of offense and criminal history, time only taken off for "good time, requires judge to sign off on plea bargain, federal and state guidelines differ, eliminated use of parole ! Judges have to explain and rationalize their decisions. Includes upward and downward departures: federal and some state guidelines are now "advisory, apprendi v. new jersey. Innovations in sentencing/alternative sentencing: public shaming, community service, drug treatment, counseling, victim-offender programming.
