AHSS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mental Disorder, Three-Strikes Law, American Friends Service Committee
31 Jul 2018
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Chapter 3 - control philosophy and criminal justice policy. Understand the differences and similarities among the four punitive models of criminal justice. Identify differences between punitive and non-punitive approaches to crime control. Identify how aboriginal justice differs from other approaches. Places pressure on lawmakers and criminal justice agencies to catch and punish offenders. But, sexual offences are less likely to be cleared by police than other offences. Most victims do not report the assault to the police. When child is the victim, very likely to be found guilty: recidivism is a public concern. Majority of sexual offenders do not recidivate: 24% recidivism rate, 35% recidivism rate when victim was a male child. The justice model: focus is on the criminal act. Punishment should fit the seriousness of the offence. Struggle for justice (1971); doing justice (1975) Argued that punishment should fit the offence, not the offender. Proposed sentencing guidelines and limiting discretion: emerged in us in 1970s and 1980s.
