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The Penal System - Discuss the aims of sentencing and consider other factors the criminal courts will use to reach an appropriate sentence.
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THE PENAL SYSTEM Discuss the aims of sentencing and consider other factors the criminal courts will use to reach an appropriate sentence. In order to discuss the aims and influencing factors behind sentencing it is first necessary to establish what is meant by the term, sentencing. Sentencing refers to the judgement of a court stating the punishment to be imposed on a defendant who has pleaded guilty to a crime or been found guilty by the jury. Whilst the Magistrate court has fixed maximum powers, Crown Court judges do not and as such have wide sentencing discretion, (with the exception of Murder and some second offences which have mandatory statutory sentencing). Before turning to the influences on the Judges when it comes to sentencing a defendant, it is first be necessary to establish the different intentions or outcomes a judge may wish to achieve by imposing for instance a community punishment order, a...
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