Year 10 - Citizenship
How does sentencing in England and Wales compare to elsewhere?
What can we do to reduce crime?
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Unit Summary
Pupils explore how crime impacts the UK and consider the purpose of sentencing and whether current sentencing approaches in the UK are effective.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe different countries' approaches to sentencing and evaluate their effectiveness.
Key Notes
- Different countries use different sentencing guidelines, some are rehabilitation focused others are retribution focused.
- Scotland uses a different legal system to England and Wales and therefore has different sentencing guidelines.
- Custodial sentencing exists everywhere but can look very different, e.g. Norweigan prisons are theraputic and home-like.
- Youth justice is different depending on the country and how they view culpability for this age.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sentencing: the process of giving a punishment to a person found guilty in a court case
- rehabilitation: in this context, the process of returning to, or helping someone return to, a healthy or good way of life, after they have offended
- retribution: a response to criminal behavior that focuses on holding offenders accountable through punishment
- reoffending: when someone commits another crime after previously being convicted or punished for one
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All countries sentence in the same way as each other.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Different countries use different sentencing guidelines, some are rehabilitation focused others are retribution focused. Scotland uses a different legal system to England and Wales and therefore has different sentencing guidelines.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sentencing'
the process of giving a punishment to a person found guilty in a court case.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All countries sentence in the same way as each other. Correction: Although sentencing within a country follows sentencing guidelines, these can vary vastly between each other, e.g. the USA is able to pass the death penalty in some states.
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