SENTENCING OF YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS IN SINGAPORE (FROM UNAFEI (UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS - RPT FOR 1975 AND RESOURCE MATERIAL SERIES N 11-SEE NCJ-37161)

• NCJ Number: 37166
• Author(s): R E MARTIN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

OUTLINE OF THE DIMENSIONS OF YOUNG ADULT CRIME IN SINGAPORE AND EXAMINATION OF EXISTING SENTENCES AND PATTERNS OF THEIR IMPOSITION EMPHASIZING PROBLEMS IN SENTENCING SELECTION.

Abstract

IN 1974 THERE WERE 12,000 YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS IN THE COURTS WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCIDENCE OF 48 OFFENDERS PER THOUSAND POPULATION. CUSTODIAL SENTENCES AMOUNTED TO LESS THAN HALF OF ALL DISPOSITIONS FROM 1968 TO 1972.