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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT INTRO EXAM 3 CHPT 9
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Question 1: incapacitation requires
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only restraint, not punishment Question 2: goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent others from committing crimes similar to the one for which a particular offender is being sentenced by making an example of the person sentenced
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general deterrence Question 3: incapacitation seeks to protect innocent members of society and separate
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offenders from the community to reduce opportunities for further criminality
Question 4: just deserts
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a model of criminal sentencing that holds that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive
Question 5: gain time
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amount of time deducted from the time to be served in prison on a given sentence as a consequence of participation in special projects or programs
Question 6: capital punishment
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death penalty
Question 7: diversion
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official suspension of criminal or juvenile proceedings against an alleged offender at any point after a recorded justice system intake, but before the entering of a judgment Question 8: more than 30 states have passed victims rights amendments but there are no victims rights amendment to the
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federal constitution
Question 9: social debt
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an offenders criminal history should be objectively taken into account in sentencing decisions
Question 10: drug offenses
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largest offense category for which state felons were sent to prison
Question 11: aggravating circumstances
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circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than the average instance of that crime
Question 12: presumptive sentencing
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developed by a sentencing commission rather than state legislature, explicit and highly structured
Question 13: day fine system is computed by
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first assessing the seriousness of the offense, the defendants degree of culpability and his or her prior record as "measured in days"
Question 14: traditional sentencing options include
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imprisonment, fines, probation and death
Question 15: consecutive sentence
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served one after the other
Question 16: deterrence
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goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to inhibit criminal behavior through the fear of punishment
Question 17: Retribution
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act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator
Question 18: retribution was the
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earliest known rationale for punishment
Question 19: mitigating circumstances
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circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the offender Question 20: 90% of former convicted offenders returning to crime following release from a prison based treatment program, incapacitation
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grew more appealing
Question 21: victim impact statement has been found to
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rarely affect sentencing decision because judges and other officials have established ways of making decisions which do not call for explicit information about the impact
Question 22: restorative justice is focused on
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community and the primary goal of improving the quality of life for all members of the community
Question 23: concurrent sentence
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two or more sentences served at the same time
Question 24: primary sentencing tool of the just deserts model is
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imprisonment
Question 25: retribution is oriented toward the
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past
Question 26: rehabilitation
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attempt to reform a criminal offender that seeks to bring about fundamental changes in offenders and their behavior
Question 27: indeterminate sentencing relies on
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judges discretion to choose among types of sanctions
Question 28: equity
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similar crimes should be punished with the ssame degree of severity, regardless of the social or personal characteristics of the offenders
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