CRIM 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Restorative Justice, Problem Solving, Suspended Sentence
21 Oct 2014
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Address the underlying problems of offenders, victims, and communities. Develop intervention plans that address behaviors and circumstances that contributed to them. 84% of those enrolled did not complete the program. Many courts difficulty attracting aboriginal men / women. Not known how heavily these courts are used by visible minorities, not known which factors facilitate / hinder effectiveness in a diverse community: relationship between gender / ethnicity and program completion has not been examined in. Offender oriented objectives include assurance of real punishment, retribution, and some degree of incapacitation and control of offenders. Probation focuses on rehabilitation, conditional sentence embraces the principles of rehabilitation and punitive justice. Conditions attached to conditional sentences are generally more onerous and more restrictive than the conditions attached to probation order: 2 factors be taken into account in determining whether a conditional sentence is appropriate. Worries that we might widen the net y focusing on low risk, first time offenders.
