The court will refer to sentencing guidelines provided for each offence such as for ABH it can go up to maximum 5 years imprisonment for serious offences

during the London riots looters were given harsh sentences such as 6 months for stealing a pair of trainers.

harsh sentence to deter either the individual or society at large

these aim to reform the offender and prevent them from re-offending

use individualised sentences. the probation service and Youth offending team do this

they use: group therapy eg anger management, drug treatment to stop addiction.

the court will apply community orders under the criminal justice act 2003 to try prevent re-offending.

reinforces moral boundaries such as the perception of the public on drink driving

Usually manslaughter, rape, robbery etc

up to judges discretion when passing sentence