According to Beccaria’s and Bentham’s utilitarian rationale, punishment should be based on:?
a. the character of the victim
b. the concept of mercy
c. the seriousness of the crime
d. the social status of the perpetrator
Ans: c. the seriousness of the crime
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following is a recommendation of the 1967 report by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice?
a. Inmates must be given the opportunity and capability to earn a living wage to compensate their victims and support their families. b. Most inmates derive minimum benefit from their incarceration during the first two years. c. Community-based corrections are more expensive and less effective than incarceration. d. The rates of pay for prison inmates should be set at approximately half the wage for similar labor.
Problems associated with homeless persons include
a. homeless camps. b. public intoxication. c. abuse. d. All of the above
Which of the following statements is true of the Walnut Street Jail?
A) Prisoners were allowed to congregate during the day to work in factories to improve the production of goods. B) It introduced the idea of releasing offenders on a conditional basis, leading to the development of parole. C) Prison administrators often put masks on inmates as they moved through the prison, to avoid identification in case they met each other after release. D) It was an architectural nightmare, built in an octagon with small, dark cells inside the cellblocks to provide solitary confinement and no labor.