Exam 4: The Punishment of Offenders

Among the stated goals of the correctional process as mentioned by the authors, which of the following does not overlap with the objectives of the other purposes?​

The correctional goal of ____________________ assumes that society can, by detention in a correctional facility or by execution, remove an offender's capacity to commit further crimes.

In keeping with the goal of treatment, sentencing gives correctional officials and parole boards significant control over the amount of time an offender serves through a lack of fixed time of incarceration.

Depriving an offender of the ability to commit crimes against society, usually by detention in prison, is:​

Since the , retribution as a justification for the criminal sanction has aroused new interest.

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

Recent knowledge of the effectiveness of deterrence shows that social science is able to measure the effects of various punishments.

Punishments less severe than prison but more restrictive than traditional probation are:

Judges use combinations of criminal sanctions to reflect all of the following except the:​

According to Herbert Packer, which of the following is NOT an element of punishment?​

Restorative justice sees crime as a violation against which of the following?​

All punishments inflicted upon offenders are visible.

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

One impact of sentencing guidelines is that sentencing discretion has shifted from the prosecutor to the judge.

Most Western democracies impose the death penalty.

Community-based punishments such as probation and intermediate sanctions are imposed far more often than prison sentences in the United States.

Unjust punishments can occur because of sentencing disparities and wrongful convictions.

Incarceration, the death penalty, and probation all may have more than one intended goal behind their implementation.