Exam 3: Sentencing: to Punish or to Reform

The punishment philosophy that holds that criminal offenders are morally blameworthy and deserving of punishment is called _____.

Sentences that are served together are called:

The Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections found that punitive mandatory minimum sentences for burglary represent "the primary driver" of prison overcrowding.

The idea that actions are motivated primarily by a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain is called:

Restorative justice is especially concerned with repairing the harm to the _____.

Which of the following punishment philosophies considers criminal offenders to be morally blameworthy and deserving of punishment?

_____ means "paying back" the offender for what he or she has done.

The imposition of sentences required by statute for those convicted of a particular crime or a particular crime with special circumstances is called:

Sentences served one after the other are called:

Sentences that judges are expected to follow unless they document reasons for departing from the guidelines are known as _____.

When a judge delays a defendant's serving of a sentence after he or she has been convicted or found guilty in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of community supervision, it is referred to as a(n) _____.

According to the text, for punishment to be effective as a deterrent, it must be swift, certain, and severe.

Fines are paid to the victim, and restitution is usually paid to the government.

Punishment as vengeance is also called revenge.

The concept of just deserts de-emphasizes the emotional component of revenge by claiming that criminal acts are _____ of punishment.

Punishment as vengeance is also called _____.

The concepts of retribution and just deserts are future oriented.

Retribution literally means "paying back" the offender for what he or she has done.

If you punish a person seeking to change that person's behavior, it is called specific deterrence.

Statutes that impose mandatory prison sentences, generally a life sentence, on those convicted of an offense if they have been previously convicted of two prior serious criminal offenses are called _____.