Exam 11: Sentencing

Describe the presentence investigation process.Explain who conducts the investigation and why is it done.Also,who orders the investigation and what is done with the completed report? Be specific in your answer,using examples when necessary.

In 2013,which state became the third state to adopt racial impact legislation to study and prepare impact statements for proposed changes in sentencing,probation,and parole?

Incapacitation is defined as the act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator.

Arbitrariness is one of the reasons used to try to abolish capital punishment.

Many states today have statutory provisions that provide for a sentence of capital punishment for especially repugnant crimes known as capital offenses.

Which of the following directs the person detaining a prisoner to bring him or her before a judicial officer to determine the lawfulness of the imprisonment?

The in-court use of victim- or survivor-supplied information by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision is known as the victim _______________ statement.

The act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator is known as ______________ in criminal sentencing.

Social debt is a sentencing principle that holds that an offender's criminal history should objectively be taken into account in sentencing decisions.

A goal of criminal sentencing that seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality is known as:

Proportionality means that:

Explain the role of plea bargaining in the Federal Court System.What conditions did the Sentencing Commission place on plea bargaining?