A judge sentences a teenager to 10 years in prison for vandalizing an abandoned building. Which of the essential concepts guiding sentencing would the judge be ignoring in this case?

A. mitigating factors
B. social debt
C. equity
D. proportionality


D. proportionality

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A program that is a nationwide statistical computation involving more than 1,600 cities, counties, and state law enforcement agencies that voluntarily provide data on reported crimes

a. National Assessment Program (NAP) b. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) c. Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) d. National Incident-Based Reporting System

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A crowd differs from a mob in that:

A. a mob is not law-abiding. B. a mob is not organized. C. a crowd is not law-abiding. D. a crowd is drawn together by common values, but a mob is not.

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Maxim includes:

a. Principle b. Hypotheticals c. Motive d. Both a and c

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