Review Box 9.7 and write an essay about "day fines." What are they? What is the alternative way of levying fines for criminal conduct? What is the ethical frame of reference behind the idea of day fines? Do you consider this idea interesting and provocative as an alternative to how we do things here in America? Would you change our fine structure toward such a system? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Fines based upon income, a way of adjusting punishment to the relative ability to pay.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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a. the Classical School. b. the Positive School. c. both the Classical and Positive Schools. d. neither school of thought.