CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Conditional Sentence, Auburn System, Kingston Penitentiary
4 Dec 2016
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Alternatives to confinement; release and re-entry; wrap-up & review. Suspended sentence: keep peace and be good behaviour. Applying condition but not following up and helping: no goes (friends, place, group, no weapons (unclear?!) May include: restitution & community service order. Options: consecutive and concurrent: concurrent is the most current. Aggravation factors: more serious sentence than typical for offence. Committing crime against child, intense, history of offenses. Mitigating factors: less serious sentence than typical for offence. Remorse, first time offender, benefit of the doubt, mental health issues, accountability. Diversion: concern: net widening, required to accept responsibility. Curfew is earlier: conditional sentence orders (cso) Be attentive to history of correctional: e. g. , models of prisons. Based on us model: auburn system, separation by gender and offence type. Complaints: began in 1840s, continue to this day. 100% of provincial offenders and 95% of federal offenders will be released: return to community.
