Exam 8: After Conviction: The Sentencing Process

Confiscation and _____________ is the governmental seizure of property derived from or used in criminal activity.

Which country is the only one of our model countries that uses deterrence?

_________________ is any sentence in which a person's body is subjected to physical pain, such as flogging, mutilation, electric shock, or branding.

Discuss the three reasons for the United States' turn toward abolition of the death penalty.

Female prison populations around the world have grown by 16%, and this is said to be related to the international fight against HIV.

In most systems, a mixture of ______________, ________________, and ___________ factors is at work and needs to be analyzed to understand the criminal justice process.

Which of the following is not an example of a noncustodial sanction?

From a humanitarian standpoint, minimization of short-term imprisonment of non-dangerous offenders increases the possibility of rehabilitation through work programs, counseling, and restitution plans.

Penal populism is a term given to criminal justice policies that are designed to appeal to the public appetite for punitiveness with little concern for program effectiveness or the clear understanding of community views.

Technically in the United States, there is no difference between jails and prisons.

List and define the six most common forms of punishments used in the world today

According to international reports such as Amnesty International, which country executes more people than all other countries combined?

What are the five purposes of criminal sanctions?

The World Millennium Study conducted by Gallup reflects that:

Which of the following is not one of the "get tough on crime" strategies?

________________ involves denying the offender the opportunity to commit further crimes, usually through prison or exile.

Penal populism is mainly only a problem in which of our model countries?

Define and discuss the different types of noncustodial sanctions.

__________________ involves the offender being transformed into a law abiding person through programs of medical, psychological, economic, or educational improvement.

___________________ expands the surveillance capacity of supervision.