Chat with AIExam 9: B: Sentencing and Parole in Canada
Define the need principle,risk principle,and responsivity principle.
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Verified-Need principle: To increase effectiveness,treatment should target factors known to be related to reoffending (i.e.,criminogenic needs,such as antisocial attitudes).
-Risk principle: To increase effectiveness,treatment should focus on those offenders that show high risk of reoffending.
-Responsivity principle: To increase effectiveness,treatment should match the general learning style,motivations,abilities,personality,etc.of the offender being targeted.
Provide at least six of the factors that are available to be considered when the Parole Board of Canada assesses risk and parole options.
(38) Verified■ Statistical measures of an offender's risk to reoffend
■ The offender's criminal history
■ Social problems experienced by the offender,such as drug use and family violence
■ The offender's mental status
■ Information about the offender's relationships and employment history
■ Psychological or psychiatric reports
■ The offender's institutional behaviour
■ Opinions from other professionals,such as police officers
■ Information from victims
■ Information that indicates evidence of change and insight into the offender's own behaviour
■ Benefits derived from treatment that may reduce the risk posed by the offender
■ Performance on earlier releases
■ Any other information indicating whether release would pose a risk to society
■ The feasibility of the offender's release plans
Many purposes of sentencing exist,including specific and general deterrence.State four additional purposes of sentencing.
(38) Verified-to denounce unlawful conduct
-to separate offenders from society
-to assist in rehabilitating offenders
-to provide reparations for harm done to victims or the community
-to promote a sense of responsibility in offenders
Discuss the difference in success rates and parole failures across offenders released on day and full parole relative to those granted statutory release.
(34) Identify and describe the five main sentencing options utilized in Canada.
(35) What is unwarranted sentencing disparity? List and describe the two major sources of unwarranted sentencing disparity.
(36) State the fundamental principle of sentencing as defined in Canada's Criminal Code.In addition,specify four other principles of sentencing.
(36) What is the Aboriginal overrepresentation problem in Canadian corrections? What factors contribute to this overrepresentation,and what measures have been taken in Canada to reduce this problem?
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