Sentencing for drug offenses in the U.S. has been dominated by ___________ since the mid 1970s.

a. presumptive sentencing guidelines
b. variable sentencing guidelines
c. determinate sentencing
d. indeterminate sentencing


a. presumptive sentencing guidelines

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Retribution is a formal penal sanction whereas revenge is an informal sanction

a. True b. False

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A forensic practitioner may be asked to evaluate which of the following types of competencies?

a. Competency to confess b. Competency to waive right to an attorney c. Competency to be executed d. All of the above

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Which types of jails may be better equipped to monitor for and prevent suicides?

a. larger b. smaller c. urban d. county

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According to the text, the most severe sanction that can be handed out by a disciplinary committee is the _________

a. revocation of accumulated good time. b. confinement in administrative segregation. c. addition of more prison time. d. revocation of parole.

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