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INDUCTION WORKSHEET LEARNING TO
CONDUCT RESEARCH
During our session in the LRC, you will be conducting research
into
two areas, the jury and sentencing. You will have the
opportunity to familiarise
yourself with all the resources available to you. So, please as
!uestions and
tae time to e"plore our LRC
FULL WRITTEN ANSWERS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH QUESTION.
THERE ARE NO EXCUSES!!
1. JURIES
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http&''www.direct.gov.u'en'Crime(ustice)nd%heLaw'(uryservice'inde".htm
*sing the information available to you from the lin and te"tboos
from the
LRC, answer the following !uestions&
+)-L+S $/ C010L C)S+S %2+Y -)Y 2+)R3 4hich court3
5 /amily issue
+)-L+S $/ CR0-06)L C)S+S %2+Y S0% $63 4hich court3
5 -urder cares, Se"ual $ffences
%ae notes on&
7. 2ow many people sit on a jury3 78 members of the public
8. 4ho is eligible to be a member of the jury3
)t least 79 years old and under :; years old , have lived in the
*< for
any period of at least five years since you were 7= years
old
=. 4ho will not be allowed to do jury service35 ever had a
prison or youth custody sentence of more than five years
5 have been in prison or youth custody for any length of time in
the last ten years
5 have or have had a mental health condition or mental
disability
%here is also a short video you can
watch&http&''moj.coionline.tv'videos'jurorvideo'video'
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Juryservice/index.htmhttp://moj.coionline.tv/videos/jurorvideo/video/http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Juryservice/index.htmhttp://moj.coionline.tv/videos/jurorvideo/video/
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2. SENTENCING
Sentencing is all about how the courts deal with those people
convicted of acriminal offence. 0t includes sending someone to jail
or perhaps imposing a fine,
>common in driving offences?. You will be investigating a
number of ey issues in
sentencing, so@@@
>a? *sing te"tboos and the 1L+ >Ao" B? list the main aims
of sentencing >for
e"ample, retribution and deterrence?. %hen tae brief notes on
what each aim
tries to achieve and provide e"amples of sentences that can be
imposed to meet
the aim. Your notes should contain&
) definition of each aim
) description of what the aim is trying to achieve
)n e"ample of a sentence which could be used by the court to
achieve
this aim.
*se your information to complete the table below. %his will help
you to organise
your notes and give them structure.
)im ofSentencing
Definition 4hat this aim tries toachieve
+"amples of sentenceswhich could be used to
meet this aim.
Retribti!"
%aing revenges %o mae the offender
to do what they did
taing revenges
Life sentences
I"#$%$#it$ti!"
%o mae the offender
physically not able to
commit a further crime
%o be sent to prison '
0mposition of curfew
Re&$bi'it$ti!"
%o get a job to resettle
rotection of
the public
%he public is
ensured to be safe
from offenders
rotect the public Life sentences for
serious offences
Reparation %o mae a changefor what they did /or offenders
toacnowledge the R v C$LL06S 8;;=E+4C) Crim 7F9: C) &
