What are the four modern sentencing options? Under what circumstances might each be appropriate?

What will be an ideal response?


The four traditional sentencing options are fines, probation, imprisonment, and death. The option selected usually depends on the severity of the offense and the background characteristics of the defendant. Often two or more of these options are combined.

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The studies of the Juke and the Kallikak families emphasized _________ as the primary source of criminality

a. environment b. ecology c. genetics d. psychology

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The proletariat class is sometimes called the ruling class

a. True b. False

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Which of the following is not a factor to be considered when performing a threat assessment?

A. subject’s age B. officer’s size C. subject’s race D. availability of backup

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For an investigatory stop to be constitutional, the officer has to be able to explain, in detail, the specific nature of the suspicion, which is known as:

a. articulable reasonable suspicion. b. coherent reasonable suspicion. c. expressive reasonable suspicion. d. rational reasonable suspicion.

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