When offenders who commit a specific crime are required to serve a minimum period of incarceration before release, it is known as_____ sentencing.

A. indeterminate
B. presumptive
C. preemptive
D. mandatory
E. preventive


Answer: D

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Match each social structure theory listed in Column 1 with its description in Column 2

1. Social disorganization theory a. An ecological approach to explaining crime that examined how social disorganization contributes to social pathology. 2. Ecological theory b. Through a process of social communication, the transmission of delinquency through successive generations of people living in the same area. 3. Environmental criminology c. A type of sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics and sees the social disorganization that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization. 4. Chicago School of Criminology d. A perspective on crime causation that holds that physical deterioration in an area leads to increased concerns for personal safety among area residents and to higher crime rates in that area. 5. Social pathology e. Also called environmental criminology 6. Cultural transmission f. A perspective on crime and deviance that highlights the role that the breakdown of social institutions, such as the family, the economy, education, and religion, play in crime causation. 7. Broken windows thesis g. Conducted their work at the University of Chicago and developed what became known as social ecology. 8. Criminology of place h. Developed the idea of cultural transmission and applied the concentric zone model to the study of juvenile delinquency. 9. Park and Burgess i. A concept that compares society to a physical organism and that sees criminality as an illness or a disease. 10. Shaw and McKay j. An emerging perspective that emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization.

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The term __________ refers to idea that the punishment of execution will deter others from violent criminal activity

a. incapactitation b. retribution c. deterrence d. rehabilitation

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_________________ _______________ by a judge, on a defendant's decision to not testify, was deemed by the Supreme Court to be a penalty imposed on the defendant for exercising a constitutional privilege

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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According to the principles of effective correctional intervention, program level should be matched with client aptitudes or propensities according to gender, age, cultural background, and

A. substance abuse history. B. mental health status. C. risk level. D. crime committed.

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