SOC 1500 Chapter 9, 10, 13, 8 : SOC 1500 Chapter 9, 10, 13, 8

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

The goals of sentencing: the cases of mr. smith and mr. jones. Utilitarian goals: focus on future conduct of offenders and potential future offenders, designed to protect public. Retributive goals: past, rather than the future, is the focus of retributive sentencing goals, denunciation expressing society"s disapproval, retribution making them pay for their offence. Restorative goals: victim-offender reconciliation, circle sentencing, family group conferencing. What sentences did mr. smith and mr. jones receive: sexual assault max sentence of 10 years imprisonment. Types of sentences: concurrent sentences sentences that are amalgamated and served simultaneously, consecutive sentences sentences that run separately ad are completed one after another. Intermittent sentences a sentence that is served on a part time basis, generally on weekends. Judicial determination: federal inmates typically can apply for release on full parole after serving. Judicial determination order by the sentencing judge that the offender serve one half of the sentence before being eligible to apply for parole.