Exam 2: The Impact of Sentencing Policies on Corrections

Identify the statements below as descriptive of one of the correctional goals listed. (Each statement has only one answer, but options may be used more than once.) -The only proactive (rather than reactive) strategy.

Reintegration is necessary in order to:

At various times, retribution has taken the form of:

A significant problem with basing sentencing on general deterrence is that it is:

An example of an intermediate sentencing sanction would be:

Sentencing guidelines have primarily been designed to:

An example of an indeterminate sentencing sanction would be:

The ethical issue raised by selective incapacitation involves the difficulty of:

The subject of the Martinson report, evaluations of this approach found that it had no appreciable effect on recidivism.

Identify the statements below as descriptive of one of the correctional goals listed. (Each statement has only one answer, but options may be used more than once.) -Popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, this approach proved ineffective, partly because it was carried out in the wrong environment.

Retribution is justified on the basis that it:

Retribution is justified on the basis that it:

The ethical issue raised by selective incapacitation involves the difficulty of:

The issue of sentencing equity has primarily been raised with regard to:

The impact of the Martinson report was to:

Both the oldest and most modern goal, this is represented today in the concept of "just deserts."

Reintegration is necessary in order to:

Identify the statements below as descriptive of one of the correctional goals listed. (Each statement has only one answer, but options may be used more than once.) -The subject of the Martinson report, evaluations of this approach found that it had no appreciable effect on recidivism.

Today, presentence investigation reports are primarily used to:

Identify the statements below as descriptive of one of the correctional goals listed. (Each statement has only one answer, but options may be used more than once.) -Through physical restraint, the offender is prevented from harming others.