Sanctions-Imprisonment

Question 1

What is imprisonment?

Answer 1

A sanction that involves the removal of the offender from society by the state, which will result in the loss of the offenders freedom and liberty for a stated period of time in prison.

Question 2

What is parole?

Answer 2

Parole is the supervised and conditional release of a prisoner after the minimum period of imprisonment had been served.

• If a court sentences an offender to more than two years in prison, it must give a minimum non-parole period.
• If the sentence is between 1 and 2hears in prison, the court has the option to set a minimum no parole period.

Question 3

Custodial vs no custodial sentence???

Answer 3

• A custodial sanction has a prison term attached.

- A non custodial sentence has no prison term attached. E.g a fine.

Question 4

What is a concurrent and cumulative sentence?

Answer 4

• A concurrent sentence runs at the same time as another sentence. E.g 4 years murder and 2years theft but only serves 4years.
• A cumulative sentence is served straight after another sentence. E.g 4 years for murder and 2for theft. Serves a 6 year sentence.

Question 5

What is an aggregate sentence?

Answer 5

If an offender is charged with multiple similar offenses, the court may impose an aggregate sentence. This is where one sentence is given for all the crimes, rather than a specific sentencing for each crime.