______________ is a goal of criminal justice concerned with punishing criminals on the basis of the severity of their crimes

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Retribution

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The theory of hedonism contends that ______.

a. the ultimate intrinsic good is pleasure b. Beccaria was accurate in his definition of deterrence c. Bentham was responsible for creating a new class of offenders d. intrinsic pleasure from avoiding pain is the basis for ethical decision making

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Things we are morally obligated not to do (e.g., lie, cheat, exploit others) can be termed:

a. Correlated duties. b. Negative duties. c. Positive law. d. Positive duties.

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The use of the first person means referring to yourself as:

a. the author. b. the officer. c. I. d. us.

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Divergence in the lengths and types of sentences imposed for the same crime or crimes of comparable seriousness when no reasonable justification is known as a _____________.

A. judicial disparity B. sentencing disparity C. form of systemic racism D. miscarriage of justice

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