| What is prison? | A building where popele are legally held for a length of time that is proportionate to the crime they have committed. |
| Why is prison said to be effective? | Based on the principles of operant conditioning, positive form of punsishment, allowes for reinforcement due to routine. |
| Strengths of prison? | Keeps the public safe, makes sure that the crime won't be commmited later |
| Strength of prison? | Acts as a deterreent, stop other people becasue they are afraid that they will get caught. |
| Weakness of prison? | High recidivism rates, it doesnt prevent young offenders from reoffending, not fully effective. |
| Weakness of prison | Exposed to criminal role models, reinforcement of committing a crime bigger than punishment. They find a criminal job to support themselves after to make sure they are financially stable. |
| What is community sentencing? | Person has to do community service instead of going to priso. Usually for minor offences or first offences. |
| Strength of community sentencing | It gives the offenders 2nd chances make up for the crime to the community. Prevents criminals from getting connections instead prison, don't get influenced. |
| Strenght of community service | Given under apporopriate circumstances, more suitable punishent that avoids negative reinforcement from prison |
| Weakness of community service? | only 30% recidivism not effective. They can still enage in criminal activies bc thye are not locked up. Higher likelihood of refoffening after the community sentence. |
| Weakness of community service? | Over 10% of peopel fail to complete they community serive, this may be because they fail to show up and break their curfew. |
| What is restoriative justice? | Practice that involves the offended to meet up with and communicate with the victim they have harmed in the crime. |
| Strength of restoriative justice? | High stratification of 85%. Allows the victims to communicate and ask question to move on with thier livs. But may be more effecitve for victim rather than offender. |
| Strength of restorative justice? | 14% in recidivism. But the offender has to go through restorative justice voluntarily |
| Weakness of restorative justice? | Causes distress for both victim and offender. Mediator has to make sure the conversation is helpful and in a safe environment. |
| Weakness of resotrative justice? | Time-consuming and costly. |
