By 1970, which of the following ideas did NOT dominate thinking about sentencing?
a. Sentencing should have rehabilitation of the offender at least as a partial goal.
b. Repeat career criminals require severe punishment to incapacitate them.
c. Many offenders deserve severe punishment because they have committed serious crimes.
d. All crimes deserve some punishment to retain the deterrent potency of the criminal law.
a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What level of proof of guilt must be present at a probation revocation hearing?
a. beyond a reasonable doubt b. beyond a probable doubt c. preponderance of the evidence d. none of the above
President Johnson's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice:
a. never made any significant recommendations about crime. b. investigated the causes and nature of crime. c. claimed that swift and sure punishments would be most effective. d. developed new terms (e.g. correctional officer instead of prison guard). e. demonstrated that treatment programs did not work.
A classical essay on the need for efficient and equitable judicial administration is
a. Judge Hand's "Treatise on Courts and their Mismanagement of their Administration." b. Pound's "The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with Administration of Justice." c. Chief Justice Burger's "Need for Judicial Administration in the New Millennium." d. Hoover's "The Era of Malcontent in the Courts."