In the Miller-El v. Dretke (2005) case, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned defendant Miller-El's death sentence based, in part, on a prosecutor manual that instructed prosecutors to:
a. choose only minorities for jury duty
b. choose only women for jury duty
c. not choose any minority for jury duty
d. not choose any women for jury duty
C
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Offenders’ perceptions of certainty, swiftness, and severity is referred to as ______.
a. perceptual deterrence b. general deterrence c. harmony d. parsimony
Which of the following statements would you expect from a criminologist who favors process theories?
A. Conflicts inherent in the creation of law result in crime. B. Criminals are born, not made. C. Crime is primarily a response to negative affective states produced by negative social relationships. D. Everyone has the potential to carry out criminal behavior.
_________ is a method of correction that encourages offenders to confront their misdeeds, experience shame because of the harm they caused, and then be reincluded in society
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Which of the following is true regarding research on the effectiveness of restorative justice?
a. The likelihood of recidivism appears greater among those experiencing restorative justice as opposed to traditional criminal justice. b. Victims are not satisfied as they see it as "too soft" on offenders. c. There are no evaluations of the effectiveness of restorative justice. d, Victims of crime appear more satisfied with restorative justice in comparison to traditional criminal justice.