French sentencing is characterized by broad judicial discretion and an ethos of individualized justice focused on rehabilitation. The aims are to prevent recidivism, and so protect the interests of society, while reintegrating the offender. By contrast, the political Right, characterized by the recent Sarkozy regime, favors deterrence through harsher penalties, minimum prison sentences, increased incarceration, and preventive detention of offenders considered dangerous. The sentencing process can be understood only within the broader context of inquisitorially rooted criminal procedure. The central part played by the prosecutor (including in case disposition through alternative sanctions) and her role in recommending sentences that the court almost invariably endorses, together with the unitary nature of the judicial profession, means that there is remarkable consistency in penalties imposed. The contrainte pénale, based on a reconsideration of the range of available penalties put forward by the Consensus Commission and legislated in 2014, is unlikely to have great impact without investment in the probation service and a change in the judicial culture that still favors simple sentencing options, including imprisonment, compared with alternatives now in place.

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了解法国的判刑程序

法国量刑的特点是广泛的司法自由裁量权和专注于康复的个性化司法精神。目的是在使犯罪者重新融入社会的同时，防止累犯，从而保护社会利益。相比之下，以最近的萨科齐政权为特征的政治权利主张通过更严厉的刑罚，最低限度的徒刑，增加监禁和预防性拘留被视为危险的罪犯来威慑威慑。量刑过程只能在以询问为基础的刑事诉讼程序的更广泛范围内理解。检察官的中心作用（包括通过替代性制裁进行的案件处理）及其在建议法院几乎一贯认可的判决方面的作用，以及司法职业的统一性，意味着所施加的处罚有显着的一致性。在重新考虑共识委员会提出并于2014年立法的刑罚范围的前提下，如果不对缓刑服务进行投资以及司法文化的改变仍然支持简单的量刑选择，禁令就不会产生重大影响（包括监禁）与目前的替代方案相比。