What are the purposes or goals that are the bases of sentencing in the criminal justice system?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will identify the following: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation, restoration

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Summarize the conflicting perspectives on the relationship between the warrant and reasonableness clauses of the Fourth Amendment

What will be an ideal response?

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Which perspectives of the justice system have tended to dominate during the last few decades?

A. Nonintervention and equal justice B. Due process and rehabilitation C. Crime control and due process D. Due process and crime control

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The Minnesota Supreme Court found unconstitutional and discriminatory against African Americans a state law providing twenty years in prison for crack possession but only ___ years for possession of powdered cocaine in State v. Russell (1991)

a. 2
b. 5
c. 8
d. 10

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In Kansas City, _____________ began his political career as a saloonkeeper. He became a dominant power in the First Ward, and his ability to deliver the vote enabled him to provide police protection for organized gambling

a. Daniel Drew b. James Fisk c. Jay Gould d. James Pendergast

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