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1.3 Application: The changing nature of punishment

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A council reports that offenders who chose to join its restorative justice scheme were less likely to be reconvicted within a year than offenders who did not join. Everyone in the scheme was also serving a community sentence.

Explain why these figures may not show that restorative justice caused the fall in reoffending.

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1.3 Application: The changing nature of punishment Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.3 Application: The changing nature of punishment

25 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.3 Application: The changing nature of punishment, covering 1.3.1 Rehabilitation and pro-social behaviour and 1.3.2 Punishment and deterrents. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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