ID S1340

Establishes a policy requiring Idaho courts to consider community placement first before imposing imprisonment, with specific sentencing goals including protection of society, risk reduction through rehabilitation, deterrence, and punishment.

Lists ten factors that shall be weighted in favor of avoiding imprisonment, including that criminal conduct caused no harm, defendant has no prior criminal history, conduct resulted from unlikely-to-recur circumstances, and defendant demonstrates amenability to treatment.

Lists five factors that shall be weighted in favor of imprisonment, including undue risk of reoffending harmful to another person, depreciation of crime seriousness, appropriate punishment and deterrence to defendant, deterrence to community, and defendant being a multiple or professional offender.

Defines "criminogenic needs" as dynamic factors associated with likelihood of reoffending that may be changed through effective intervention, and permits consideration that defendant will benefit from supervision and treatment in the community.