The most Effective type of Sentencing and Reasons
Types of sentencing; determinate, indeterminate, and mandatory sentencing Topic 1: Sentencing Of the three main types of sentencing; determinate, indeterminate, and mandatory sentencing, which do you find most effective, and why? Tougher prison sentences reduce crime, particularly burglary, according to ground-breaking research.
The study, by academics at Birmingham University, also found that during periods when police detect more offenses, crime tends to fall overall, suggesting that levels of police activity – and therefore of staffing – have a direct impact on criminal activity.
The findings are likely to be seized on by critics of the government’s plans for reducing the number of police officers as part of spending cuts.
