Criminology Unit 4

• Sanctions in Criminal Justice Institutions

  Courts

  • Courts can also use a community order to require offenders to rehabilitate - EG By undergoing drug addiction treatment
  • Aim here is to enable them to change their problem behaviour patterns
• Sanctions in Criminal Justice Institutions

  Probation

  • Probation service supervises and monitors the behaviours of offenders, whether serving a community service or released from prison on license
  • If offender fails to meet the requirements of their license, they can be returned to prison or to court for re - sentencing
• Sanctions in Criminal Justice Institutions

  Prison rules cover the following offences:

  • Offending, threatening or hurting someone
  • Preventing staff from performing their jobs
  • Escaping from prison
  • Using drugs or alcohol
• Sanctions in the Criminal Justice Institution

  Prison rules cover the following offences:

  • Damaging the prison
  • Being in possession of forbidden times EG A Knife
  • Being somewhere in the prison that you shouldn't be
  • Not doing as staff tell you