Sentencing aims and factors

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Across
  1. 4. Defendant's admission that grants an automatic reduction in sentence length.
  2. 5. Aim requiring the offender to compensate victims or the wider community.
  3. 8. Report by probation service detailing background factors to guide sentencing.
  4. 9. Factors that increase the seriousness and potential punishment of a crime.
  5. 11. The specific clause of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 listing sentencing aims.
  6. 12. Factors that lower the blameworthiness and reduce the final sentence.
  7. 13. Aim reflecting society's ultimate moral disapproval of a criminal act.
  8. 15. Aggravating factor where a victim is targeted due to age or frailty.
Down
  1. 1. Aim focused on punishing the offender and ensuring justice is served.
  2. 2. Aim intended to discourage future criminal behavior by individuals or society.
  3. 3. Aggravating factor involving the use or possession of a dangerous implement.
  4. 6. Aim designed to keep the public safe from dangerous criminals.
  5. 7. Aim focused on reforming the offender to prevent reoffending.
  6. 10. Past criminal record that acts as an important aggravating factor.
  7. 14. Mitigating factor showing genuine regret or sorrow for one's actions.