Exam 4: The Punishment of Offenders

According to the authors, rehabilitation is oriented solely toward the offender and does not imply any consistent relationship between the severity of the punishment and the gravity of the crime.

presumes that punishment inflicted on criminals will discourage them from committing future crimes.

The goal of rehabilitation is oriented solely toward the ______________and does not imply any consistentrelationship between the severity of the punishment and the gravity of the crime.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Rehabilitation​

The clerk of the court is responsible for preparing the presentence report provided to a judge prior to sentencing.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Specific deterrence​

assumes that society can remove an offender's capacity to commit further crimes by detention in prison or by execution.

presumes members of the general public will be discouraged by observing the punishments of others and will conclude the costs of crime outweigh the benefits.

In the famous United States v. Booker decision, the Supreme Court found that sentencing guidelines were:​

The concept of selective incapacitation rests on the idea that:​

Retribution is a goal of punishment designed to repair the damage done to the victim and community by an offender's criminal act.

Offenders who repeat certain kinds of crime are sentenced to long prison terms through the concept of incapacitation.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Incapacitation​

Which of the following is NOT one of the major factors that influence judges' sentencing decisions?​

Divergence in the lengths and types of sentences imposed for the same crime or crimes of comparable seriousness when no reasonable justification is known as a:

Discrimination occurs when criminal justice officials either directly or indirectly treat people differently because of their race, ethnicity, gender, or class.

In the past decade, many have argued that the needs of the victim and the community should be the focus of punishment goals.

The most frequently applied set of sentencing guidelines used throughout the United States is the:​

Legislatures concerned with the correctional goal of treatment usually prescribe a(n):​

With reference to time, rehabilitation is: