List and discuss five of the evaluation of sentencing schemes. Which evaluation do you believe is the most important? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
A strong answer will discuss the following:
a. Proportionality – the sentence should fit the crime
b. Individualism – sentence should reflect the offender’s criminal history and threat posed to society
c. Disparity – sentences for particular offenses should be uniform
d. Predictability and simplicity – sentences should be clear and definite and should not be dependent on the bias of the judge
e. Excessiveness – sentence should not inflict unnecessary pain and suffering
f. Truthfulness – sentence should reflect actual time served in prison
g. Purpose – sentence should be intended to achieve one or more of the purposes of punishment
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The ______ doctrine is the hesitancy of the judiciary to interfere with the management and administration of prisons.
a. reformatory b. capital c. hands-off d. slavery
Identify at least two types of less-likely-to-be-lethal weapons available to law enforcement, and describe how they work.
What will be an ideal response?
A frequency distribution of a large number of random sample means which have been drawn from the same population is called:
a. the standard error of measurement. b. the sampling error. c. the sampling distribution of means. d. the standard error of the means.
Identify a true statement about sex offenders.
A. Their reintegration into society is smooth. B. Their rearrest rates are among the highest for all offenders. C. They are exempted from supervision by parole officers. D. They are required to undergo psychiatric treatment.