The __________ goal of criminal punishment postulates that those for whom the general deterrent of law was insufficient to prevent them from having engaged in the proscribed conduct should be subjected to punishment so that they will be personally discouraged from engaging in the proscribed conduct again.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


specific deterrence

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a. True b. False

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The following are examples of stakeholders with the exception of ______.

a. evaluators b. funders c. program administrators d. clients

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A primary feature of the "the mix" is anything for which one can lose:

a. earned time. b. good time. c. family time. d. probation time. e. parole time.

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Why, when first encountering a witness or victim, is it important for the investigator to allow the person to state in his or her own words what occurred?

What will be an ideal response?

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