PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Psychopathy, Parole Parole, Day Parole
28 Mar 2013
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In canada, very broad and may not significantly reduce sentencing disparity. Simulation study (palys & divorski, 1986: 206 provincial court judges. Assault cbh, impaired driving, armed robbery, b & e, theft > . Judges asked to impose a sentence: what sentence would you impose, cases were the ones from the last bonus assignment. Conditional release into community conditions and restrictions on behaviour. Return to prison if conditions are breached. Temporary absences (anytime: day parole (serve 1/6 sentence) Statutory release (must be released after 2/3 sentence) Automatic unless csc (correction service canada) recommends otherwise. Parole decision-making: decisions are made by members of parole board of canada (pbc, a formal hearing takes place between the offender and the pbc. List of things to consider, but little guidance on how. What does a hearing look like: most are held in institutions, people involved: Elder (if it is an elder-assisted hearing) Conditions of parole: all types of parole are supervised by csc.
