Incarceration

    Cards (6)

    • Limitations of Incarceration 

      Limitation - Short prison sentences are less effective than community sentences at reducing reoffending.
      Limitation - Fewer than 1 in 10 people said that having more people in prison was an effective way to deal with crime. More effective responses rated: rehab, discipline in schools, better parenting.
    • Concurrent sentence
      2+ sentences are given and ordered to be served at same time.
    • Consecutive sentences
      Served one after the other.
    • Suspended sentences
      Served in the community with conditions often relation to unpaid work.
    • Determinate sentences
      Fixed length
    • Indeterminate sentences

      No fixed length
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