what would you sentance criminals to ?

Question

lets just say the criminal is a 19 year old male, normal 2 family backround and middle class, not been in trouble before,unless its the same offence i.e 2nd offence/3rd offence scenariom btw i really cant put all scenario's so just try your best of what you think

just wondered lets say these as i cant type all offences

shoplifting
1st -
2nd -
3rd offence -

burglary
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

dangerous driving
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

drunk/drug driving
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

shoplifting
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

possesion of drugs -
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

dealing of drugs
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

unsocial behaviour (graffiti and loitering)
1st -
2nd -
3rd -

Answer 1

shoplifting
1st - 50 hours community service
2nd - Fine 100 hour’s community service
3rd offence - Flogging in public, Thief tattooed on forehead

burglary
1st - Fine 100 hour’s community service
2nd - Flogging in public, Thief tattooed on forehead
3rd - 36 months jail, no early release date,

dangerous driving
1st - 50 hours community service
2nd - 100 hours community service, ban for 1 year
3rd - Licence revoked for 3 years

drunk/drug driving
1st - Licence revoked for 3 years, 100 hour’s community service
2nd - 12 months jail, no early release date
3rd - 36 months jail, Flogging in public, drunk driver tattooed on forehead

possesion of drugs -
1st - Fine 100 hour’s community service
2nd - Flogging in public, Drug addict tattooed on forehead
3rd - 36 months jail, Flogging in public, Drug addict tattooed on forehead

dealing of drugs
1st - 12 months jail, Flogging in public, Drug dealer tattooed on forehead
2nd - 36 months jail, Flogging in public
3rd – Hanging

unsocial behaviour (graffiti and loitering)
1st - 50 hours community service
2nd - Fine 100 hour’s community service
3rd - 12 months jail, no early release date

Answer 2

19 is different than say... 15, 16 maybe even 17, But Middle class (as you say) do not get given the same parental limits (is the best way I can describe it).

First of fences should always be taken with good judgmental wisdom. (As I've already seen). except for burglary.

Second offenses: humm. There has to be a punishment strong enough to teach them that what they have done is wrong and why. Teach them ways to make it up to the victim or other victims. Give them the opportunity to fix what they broke. Punishment here should be an educational barrier broken. A rehab (kinda thing) for both sides. Firm but useful guidance.

Third offense means this kid has been running wild and has no understanding of what he/she is doing wrong and what happens to the victims. This is a bad sigh for all....parents, teachers, authorities and so on. In this case it needs full force attention. It should end it here, fix the kid or put him to work behind bars. If we did all we can then this shouldn't happen.

Answer 3

shoplifting
1st - Caution, fixed penalty
2nd - Fine probation
3rd offence -Fine, suspended sentence.

burglary
1st - Fine
2nd - Fine 12 month suspended sentence
3rd - Prison 12 months

dangerous driving
1st - Fine and Ban 12 months
2nd - Fine and ban 2 years
3rd - Prison disq 10 years

drunk/drug driving
1st - Fine 12 month ban
2nd - Fine 2 year ban
3rd - Fine 10 year ban

shoplifting
1st -
2nd - already done that
3rd -

possesion of drugs -
1st - Caution
2nd - Fine
3rd - Bigger fine

dealing of drugs
1st - 12 months prison
2nd - 3 years prison
3rd - 20 years prison

unsocial behaviour (graffiti and loitering)
1st - Caution
2nd - Fine Fixed penalty
3rd - Fine ASBO

Answer 4

"19 year old male, normal 2 family backround and middle class" The law shouldn't care if the guy's parents are/are not divorced or how much money his parents make.

Burglary and Drunk Driving would be several years in prison. Dealing and possession of drugs wouldn't be a big deal unless being sold to children. Dangerous driving would be a few months in lockup and a few thousand bucks. And shoplifting and unsocial behavior would be a big fine.

Answer 5

Sounds like a, catch me if you can , child on the run. They tend to always come out of the nest fighting an environment they don't understand only to know they have been contained within it's boundaries.Not able to see it as a nurturing community . There are only walls and not doorways to walk through. Some people make their marks of growth in many different ways. some of those ways are socially acceptable while others are not.Ask the 19 year old to choose a different way to let society know he has grown into maturity, a kinder way .

Answer 6

Hi!

King Alfred, the only British monarch to earn the title "Great", had a system of clear sentencing for crimes.

Today we tend to treat each case individually. Perhaps the best system lies somewhere between. Key factors when considering sentencing should be the level of acceptance of responsibility shown by the offender; the impact on victims and the local community; expressions of remorse and reparation offered by the offender that then allow the victim to chose to express forgiveness so that all parties can move on.

Good wishes.

Answer 7

stealing -- he should work in the shop where he stole for free for 100 times the amount he stole for (under supervision).
Burglary - he should work for the people he burgled the house as long as they seem fit but max I year.
Driving - take license away for 1 year if no injuries to other or for life if injuries or death to other party.
Drugs - should be in a rehab center for a year to see what it is like for the users of drugs....to see that it is hard and awful for the con summers and that dealing the drugs is not being kind but very selfish.
unsocial - clean up the mess he has done plus 1 a week cleaning up for the community...
this would be for the first time then second we should double it all and if the person still has not under stud he school maybe be in "prison" as without ones liberty one thinks allot..
rape or murder - prison for a long time...

Answer 8

I can't answer in your format because it's too simplistic.

Courts generally sentence on the basis of a a presentence report that consists of an assessment of the offender's criminogenic need(Accommodation, relationships, finances, education/training/employment, alcohol, drugs, attitudes, thinking skills, mental health, physical health), the offence, the consequences to the victim, risk of harm (to self, children, public or known adult), response to previous sentences and motivation to comply/change.

Throw in the perceptions of the courts in terms of seriousness, aggravating and mitigating factors, purposes of sentencing and sentencing guidelines and it becomes a far more complex exercise than determining if they have 1,2,3 similar previous

Answer 9

I could never be a judge because I would let too many criminals go. I am a born again Bible believing Christian and these crimes in my book are just not punishable with jail. I would make them all repent their sins to God and become saved. Only a killer or rapist or sex offender would have to be locked up so they would not hurt anyone else.

Answer 10

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