Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore the different types of sentences available to the courts when an offender is found guilty. We will also investigate how decisions on sentencing are carried out by the courts.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is deterrence?
Allowing criminals to choose their own punishment
Letting criminals walk free from court
Correct answer: Punishing a criminal so that it discourages them from doing it again
Q2.
Which one of these is not a purpose of punishment?
Incapacitation
Correct answer: Institutionalisation
Rehabillitation
Retribution
Q3.
Who decides the sentence for the offender?
Juries and Judges
Correct answer: Magistrates and Judges
Magistrates and Juries
Q4.
A punishment can serve more than one purpose.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Every offender who commits the same crime gets the same punishment.
Correct answer: False
True

5 Questions

Q1.
What do magistrates and judges use to help guide them in determining punishment?
Paragraphing guidelines
Correct answer: Sentencing guidelines
Story guidelines
Word guidelines
Q2.
Which is the type of sentence that can be given?
Correct answer: All of the above
Community sentence
Discharge
Fine
Prison
Q3.
Which of these could make the sentence more harsh?
Correct answer: Aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Q4.
Which one of these offences would carry the harshest sentence?
Correct answer: Manslaughter
Speeding fine
Stealing £50 from a sibling
Theft with a weapon
Q5.
Every offender who commits the same offence will get the exact same punishment.
Correct answer: False
True