What are the policy implications of the Classical School, and what kinds of punishment might work best to prevent crime?
What will be an ideal response?
A number of punishment practices have been developed based on classical principles. Determinate sentencing requires a specified fixed amount of time to be served for every offense category. This is based upon two key elements of classical thought: that the pleasure of a crime can be assessed and that the amount of punishment necessary for deterrence can be determined. Truth in sentencing requires judges to determine and make public the actual time an offender is likely to serve (as opposed to the length of time to which the offender is sentenced). Many statutes now require offenders to serve a certain portion of their sentence (usually 80%) before they become eligible for release. Incapacitation focuses on using incarceration and other techniques to reduce the likelihood that an offender will be capable of committing future crimes (based on the assumption that while an offender is in prison, s/he is not free to commit crimes against the general public).
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The view that white collar crime law is implemented by the state because it helps sustain the system and "legitimates" the state in the eyes of the general population is most consistent with which of the following perspectives?
a. Consensual b. Instrumentalist c. Structuralist d. Rationalistic
A jury that is impaneled to hear the evidence in a case and decide if there is sufficient cause to file a case is called a ______ jury
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When the defense presents evidence that the accused was not at or near the scene of the crime at the time the crime was committed, this is an example of a(n) ___________ defense.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
___________ is less concerned with how prisoners spend their time and whether this impacts their actions after they are released.
a. Deterrence b. Rehabilitation c. Incapacitation d. Retribution