Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The correctional enterprise is primarily about punishment.
2. Penology is the study of the penal code.
3. The practice of brutal punishment and arbitrary legal codes began to wane with the
beginning of a period historians call the Enlightenment.
4. The positivist school was founded by Beccaria.
5. Lex Talionis refers to the principle of “an eye for an eye.”
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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a. True b. False
What was the purpose of the U.S. Sentencing Commission?
A. to ensure reasonableness of federal sentences B. to enforce required standards of proof C. to establish sentencing guidelines D. to issue sentences for federal crimes
Which of the two types of deterrence do you think is likely to be most effective, and why? Explain whether changes could be made to corrections practices that would make either type of deterrence more effective than it is.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is not a common duty of a state police officer?
a. highway patrol b. traffic enforcement c. patrol of small towns d. serve civil process