Exam 11: Punishment and Sentencing

is an approach to punishment designed to repair the harm done to the victim and the community by the offender's criminal act.

A disproportionate percentage(42%)of those on death row are Black,indicating that the death penalty may be

A fine is _______ made to the victim.

occur(s)when an inmate is awarded early release from prison,but is supervised in the community for a specified amount of time.

Victim impact statements are offered verbally or in writing during the sentencing phase of the justice process.

Contrast indeterminate with determinate sentencing.

The sentence handed down to Ravi would suggest that Judge Berman was motivated by which sentencing philosophy?

Both state and federal sentencing guidelines allow an "escape hatch" of limited judicial discretion known as a .

Norway's penal code in this case would reflect what type of sentencing?

Identify the two stages that make up the bifurcated process of death penalty sentencing.

Prisoners can reduce their sentence by earning while in prison.

The U.S.Supreme Court has refused to eliminate the death penalty for juveniles.

Explain who has input into the sentencing decision,and then list the factors that influence the severity of a criminal sentence.

Sentencing disparity occurs in one of three ways.Which of the following is not one of those ways?

Given the possible sentences in Norway and the United States for similar crimes,the role of victim impact statements would have the greatest impact in which country?

is a strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison,thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

is the philosophy that society is best served by helping wrongdoers eliminate crime from their behavior patterns.

Explain why the U.S.Supreme Court abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders.

Describe the main issues of the death penalty debate.

As a result of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984,sentences have