Foreword | Acknowledgements | Tables & Figures | Executive Summary | Introduction | Levels of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system | Attitudes to criminal justice professionals | Crime seriousness | Sentencing practice | Aims of sentencing | General discussion/concluding remarks | References | Appendices
Table 2.1 Estimates of the amount of violent crime compared across surveys
Table 3.1 How good a job are they doing? Ratings of criminal justice professionals
Table 3.2 Ratings of criminal justice professionals: A comparison of findings for the New Zealand and British public
Table 4.1 Mean rankings of crime seriousness
Table 4.2 Relative rankings of crime seriousness
Table 5.1 Sentences selected for 'John' - convicted of theft through fraudulent use
Table 5.2 Sentences selected for 'Peter' - convicted of male assaults female
Table 5.3 Sentences selected for 'Joe' - convicted of driving with excess breath alcohol
Table 5.4 Sentences selected for 'Mary' - convicted of smuggling heroin
Table 5.5 Sentences selected for 'Paul' - convicted of aggravated burglary
Table 5.6 Sentences selected for 'Jane' - convicted possession of cannabis
Table 6.1 Most important aim
Table 6.2 Aims in sentencing 'John' for theft through fraudulent use
Table 6.3 Aims in sentencing 'Peter' for male assaults female
Table 6.4 Aims in sentencing 'Joe' for driving with excess breath alcohol level
Table 6.5 Aims in sentencing 'Mary' for smuggling heroin
Table 6.6 Aims in sentencing 'Paul' for aggravated burglary
Table 6.7 Aims in sentencing 'Jane' for possession of cannabis
Table 6.8 Number of times most important aim was mentioned across six scenarios
Figure 2.1 Changes in recorded crime
Figure 2.2 How much reported crime is violent?
Figure 2.3 Knowledge of rate of burglary
Figure 2.4 Cost of keeping a person in prison for one year
Figure 2.5 Knowledge of maximum sentence for rape
Figure 2.6 Knowledge of average sentence for rape
Figure 2.7 Knowledge of actual time spent in prison for rape
Figure 2.8 Knowledge of time spent in prison for a life sentence
Figure 2.9 Knowledge of reconviction rates
Figure 2.10 Knowledge of offending while on bail
Figure 3.1 How good a job are they doing? Ratings of criminal justice professionals
Figure 4.1 Relative rankings of crime seriousness
Figure 5.1 Most serious sentence for 'John' - convicted of theft through fraudulent use
Figure 5.2 Most serious sentence for 'Peter' - convicted of male assaults female
Figure 5.3 Most serious sentence for 'Joe' - convicted of driving with excess breath alcohol
Figure 5.4 Most serious sentence for 'Mary' - convicted of smuggling heroin
Figure 5.5 Most serious sentence for 'Paul' - convicted of aggravated burglary
Figure 5.6 Most serious sentence for 'Jane' - convicted of possession of cannabis
Figure 5.7 Seriousness of the sentence chosen for the scenario compared with for the one-line description