There are five accepted purposes of punishment. List, define, and explain the basic premises behind them.

What will be an ideal response?


Retribution (just deserts), deterrence (deter future crime), rehabilitation (transform offender into law-abiding citizen), incapacitation (remove offender to prevent future harm), restoration (stresses harm caused to the victim and requires making the victim and community whole again)

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Two teenagers consenting to shooting BB rifles at each other, resulting in the loss of the sight in one eye due to injury from one of the BBs, is considered an accident by the courts because of the element of consent

a. True b. False

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What various kinds of technologies are being used in today's courtrooms? Give examples of how they are being used

What will be an ideal response?

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Overall, studies of crime have reached which conclusion?

a. The numerical tallies of crime are virtually the same across measures b. The UCR is the most accurate measure of crime data c. There are no similar findings reported across measures d. The measures have similar results on crime patterns

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Which of the following drugs is a hallucinogen whose use dramatically declined in the 1970s?

A) cocaine B) crank C) LSD D) heroin

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