Exam 2: Sentencing and the Correctional Process

Which Supreme Court case held that federal sentencing guidelines can be taken into consideration by federal judges but that they no longer had to be regarded as mandatory?

One or more sentences imposed at the same time and served one after the other are called:

Third-party custody occurs when the court assigns custody of the defendant to an individual or agency that promises to ensure his or her later appearance in court.

Mandatory life sentences for repeat offenders are popular in many states. These laws are known as:

A(n) ____________________sentence is when one or more sentences are imposed at the same time and are served one after another.

Sentencing is the formal beginning of which process?

Which federal law created the U.S. Sentencing Commission?

Which of the following is NOT a reason federal sentencing guidelines have been criticized?

A deduction of time awarded to inmates for good behavior is commonly referred to as:

Release after serving the required minimum portion of the sentence is a(n):

List and describe at least three actors in the sentencing process.

Many states have enacted ________________________________ laws that require offenders to serve a substantial portion of their sentence, usually 85%.

When early release occurs after an offender serves a minimum portion of the sentence, the sentence is____________________.

The federal sentencing guidelines originated in October 1984 when Congress passed which federal law---a law that, among other things, abolished parole?

It is appropriate for judges to consider a defendant's race in making their sentencing decision.

Which federal law authorized funding for additional state prisons and jails in order to ensure that convicted offenders serve a large portion of their sentence?

It has been shown that "three-strike" laws have not contributed to overcrowded prisons in America.

A ____________ bond is a money bond levied to ensure the return of a criminal defendant for trial, allowing the defendant to remain in the community prior to trial.

Only about 40 % of convicted felons go to prison, the rest receive a jail or community sentence.

The Bail Reform Act of 1984 overturned the 1976 Supreme Court case of Burton v. South Carolina , which required that no defendant be kept in pretrial detention simply because he or she could not afford financial bail, and reinstated pretrial detention for indigent offenders.