Sentencing & Corrections

In ____, the legislature determines a “normal” sentence a judge can issue, reduce or raise based on the seriousness of the crime and the criminal history of the offender.

• determinate

• presumptive sentencing

• indeterminate

• flat-time

Punishment rationale that makes the offender suffer as payment for their crimes like the biblical phrase “an eye for an eye” is called ______?

• retribution

• restoration

• rehabilitation

• deterrence

Which of the following is an effort to do something for victims and their survivors—to return them, as much as possible, to their previous state and to make them “whole” again?

• Retribution

• Restoration

• Rehabilitation

• Deterrence

Which of the following reasons for punishment is associated with banishment, exile, the deportation of foreign nationals, and "three strikes and you're out laws"?

• deterrence

• incapacitation

• rehabilitation

• retribution

Inmates who are vulnerable to assault by other inmates may be designated for:

• administrative segregation

• new-generation jails

• protective custody

• congregate living areas

Rehabilitation programs attempt to “correct” the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational, vocational, or therapeutic treatment in an effort to_______?

• give inmates a way to occupy themselves

• help the institution achieve control over inmates

• help inmates manage time

• help inmates better themselves

Depending on the jurisdiction, convicted felons lose a variety of civil rights. Which of the following is NOT a civil right commonly forfeited by convicted felons?

• the right to vote

• the right to serve on a grand or petit jury

• the right to hold public office

• all are correct

Specific deterrence aims at preventing ________ from committing another crime.

• The public

• The children

• The offender

• All are correct

Preventing others to commit crimes by punishing specific offenders is called _________?

• Restitution

• Specific deterrence

• Incapacitation deterrence

• General deterrence

Allowing judges to decide the amount of time between a low and high number for the crime is called_____?

• Indeterminate sentencing

• Presumptive sentencing

• Definite sentencing

• Determinate sentencing