Sentencing
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| 6 months | Max custodial sentence in Mags' Court
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| £5000 | Max fine in Mags' Court
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| s142 CJA 03 | Sets out aims of sentencing
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| Retribution | Punishment
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| Rehabilitation | Trying to reform criminals
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| Individual deterrence | Discouraging a criminal from reoffending
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| General deterrence | Discouraging others from offending
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| Public protection | Aim of sentencing that can be achieved by incapacitating criminals
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| Reparation | Restorative justice could achieve this aim
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| Denunciation | Aim of expressing society's disapproval of a crime
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| s152 CJA 03 | States that custodial sentences should only be used where other sentences are inappropriate
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| Mandatory life sentence | Sentence for murder
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| Discretionary life sentence | Sentence of up to life imprisonment
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| Tariff | Minimum time to be served as part of a life sentence
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| Whole life order | Starting point for those involved in the most serious killings
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| 30/15 years | Starting points for 'less serious' murder tariffs
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| Extended determinate sentence | Offender serves 2/3 of sentence in custody
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| Suspended sentence | A sentence which will only be served if a further offence is committed
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| Community sentence | Could involve a range of requirements such as unpaid work, employment or drug programmes
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| CJA 03 s177 | Provides for the imposition of community sentences
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| Fines | The most common type of sentence imposed by magistrates
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| Discharges | These may be conditional or absolute
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| 'Custody Plus' | Custodial sentence and community order imposed together
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| Compensation and/or forfeiture | Orders that would give reparation to victims or remove proceeds of crime
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| 21 | Age at which somebody is no longer a young offender
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| Young Offenders' Institutions | Places where custodial sentences for under 21s are carried out
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| Sentencing Council | Issues and reviews guidelines on sentencing
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| Blackshaw & Others | Deterrent sentence issued
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