List the ways in which sentencing disparity occurs.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Justice would seem to demand that those who commit similar crimes should receive similar punishments. Sentencing disparity occurs when this expectation is not met in one of three ways:1. Criminals receive similar sentences for different crimes of unequal seriousness.2. Criminals receive different sentences for similar crimes.3. Mitigating or aggravating circumstances have a disproportionate effect on sentences.
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A. anxiety B. hyperactivity C. mania D. omnivigilance
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Logical Controls b. System Controls c. Password Stewardship d. Administrative controls