Title: (Optional) Describe the sentencing process.
Course: Public Safety II (15101-II) > Section: CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Exploring the Courts

Description should include

- the probation officer’s role in the pre-sentence investigation
- the judge’s discretion in sentencing and statutory mandates
- types of sentencing (i.e., withhold findings, suspended sentence, incarceration, and community service)
- concurrent sentence vs. consecutive sentence
- the goals of sentencing (e.g., retribution, rehabilitation, incapacitation, deterrence, restoration)
- capital crimes and the death penalty.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the advantages and disadvantages in the use of the death penalty for capital crimes?
- What are some of the correctional strategies used to meet the various sentencing goals?
- What is the purpose of establishing sentencing guidelines?
- What crimes constitute capital punishment in Virginia?
- What are the types of sentences offered in Virginia?