Chapter 9 Key Terms Quiz

What is the reduction in time served by prisoners based on good behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior called?

• Real offense

• Good time

• Aggravating circumstances

• Departure

What is the actual offense committed, as opposed to the charge levied by a prosecutor as the result of a plea bargain called?

• Real offense

• Good time

• Aggravating circumstances

• Departure

What are any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a harsher sentence called?

• Real offense

• Good time

• Aggravating circumstances

• Departure

What is the use of the death penalty to punish wrongdoers for certain crimes called?

• Capital punishment

• Determinate sentencing

• Deterrence

• Habitual offender laws

What is a stipulation in sentencing guidelines that allows a judge to adjust his or her sentencing decision based on the special circumstances of a particular case called?

• Real offense

• Good time

• Aggravating circumstances

• Departure

What is the imposition of a sentence that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials called?

• Determinate sentencing

• Indeterminate sentencing

• Deterrence

• Habitual offender laws

What is the strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment called?

• Determinate sentencing

• Indeterminate sentencing

• Deterrence

• Habitual offender laws

What are statutes that require lengthy prison sentences for those who are convicted of repeated felonies called?

• Real offense

• Good time

• Aggravating circumstances

• Habitual offender laws

What is a strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities called?

• Determinate sentencing

• Indeterminate sentencing

• Deterrence

• Incapacitation

What is the imposition of a sentence that prescribes a range of years rather than a specified number of years to be served called?

• Determinate sentencing

• Indeterminate sentencing

• Deterrence

• Habitual offender laws