According to Applegate, Smith, Sitren, and Springer, _________________ asserts that offenders alter their perceptions of the relative costs and benefits of committing future crimes based on their experience with punishment.

a. deterrence
b. retribution
c. prison-industrial complex
d. postmodernism theory


a. deterrence

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The formation of the ______ represented the largest transformation of U.S. government agencies since the creation of the U.S. Department of Defense in 1947

a. FBI b. CIA c. FEMA d. DHS e. all of the above

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Match the term with the correct definition with the corresponding prosecutorial decisions

Column 1: selective prosecution pretextual prosecution vindictive prosecution joinder Column 2: a prosecutor?s charging decision is motivated by revenge situation in which the prosecutor either (1) brings multiple charges against the same individual in the same trial or (2) brings charges against multiple individuals in the same trial when the prosecutor lacks the evidence to charge someone with a particular crime and so charges him or her with a lesser crime when an individual is targeted for prosecution merely because he or she falls into a certain group

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What is a pretrial procedure that involves police showing a witness the suspect along with several other individuals in order to determine if the witness can identify the guilty party?

A. interrogation B. arraignment C. identification exercise D. lineup

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