Exam 9: Sentencing

Critics of mandatory sentencing suggest that discretion is moved away from__________.

Civil asset forfeiture is controversial because proceeds can go back to the law enforcement agency that initiated the forfeiture.

Kentucky's Persistent Felony Offender statute requires an offender to serve a minimum of 75% of their actual prison sentence.

__________sentence enhancement laws mandate a minimum sentence or extra prison time

__________punishment is arguably the most attention- getting form of crime control in the

__________fines attach a unit value to the seriousness of given offenses.

Three__________laws seek to sentence repeat offenders to prison for life without the

Prison sentences per violent crime have decreased in length since 1975.

Supermax prisons are reserved for the "worst of the worst," those who could not remain in traditional prisons.

A large number of nonviolent drug offenders are in our nation's prisons who would not be there but for the presence of __________minimum sentencing.

This type of sentencing gives the judge authority to set the sentence that can't be altered by the parole board at a later time.

One of the most significant problems with researching the relationship between prison populations and crime is known as the simultaneity effect.

Selective incapacitation is an approach to America's crime problem that targets __________offenders.

Capital punishment is the ultimate form of incapacitation. The murderer can't commit any further crimes if he or she is executed. Is there any value to society in keeping the murderer alive and sentencing murderers to life sentences instead?

Between 1975 and 1995, the state of Arizona required mandatory sentences for first time__________offenders.

Supermax prisons house dangerous inmates in single cells for 23 hours each day.

Day __________attach a unit value to the seriousness of given offenses. These unit values are

One problem with the punishment of fines is that some jurisdictions the fine to be assessed is affixed by law and not by the offender's __________.

A common problem that arises when studying the effects of crime control legislation is being able to distinguish between __________ and incapacitation.

There are two opposing models in our country of due process and crime control. Proponents for due process maintain that it is better for a guilty person to go free than for an innocent person to be imprisoned. Crime control proponents argue that perpetrators of crime must pay for their crimes at all costs, even if their rights are violated. Do most due process advocates only care about the events leading up to the conviction? Do they not care as much after the conviction if the guilty criminal is subjected to harsh and unfair penalties? In other words, is the worry more about an innocent person being convicted or is it about fairness all the way through the system, even for child molesters, rapists, and murderers? If police made an appropriate arrest and the trial was completely fair and a person is convicted of 1^st degree murder, would due process proponents complain if the murderer was given 20 more years than a different murderer received on a prior case? What is your opinion?