Exam 2: The Impact of Sentencing Policies on Corrections

Truth in sentencing would best be described as assuring that:

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.) -One form of this approach emphasizes selectively confining habitual, high-risk offenders.

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.) -Has been criticized on the basis that, although needs of individual offenders differ, it employed virtually the same technique with everyone.

Community-based sentences enable offenders to avoid:

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

At various times, retribution has taken the form of:

Since the U.S. embarked on a strategy of collective incapacitation, the results have included:

An example of an indeterminate sentencing sanction would be:

Judicial discretion has been limited by:

Today, presentence investigation reports are primarily used to:

Is most closely associated with implementation of the medical model in correctional institutions.

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.) -Is most closely associated with implementation of the medical model in correctional institutions.

Truth-in-sentencing would best be described as assuring that: