Deck 9: Sentencing

Question 1

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

A) judges
B) appellate clerks
C) assigned counsel
D) public defenders

Answer 1

judges

Question 2

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.

A) determinate sentencing
B) indeterminate sentencing
C) mandatory sentencing
D) sentence enhancements

Answer 2

determinate sentencing

Question 3

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.

A) solidarity
B) mandatory
C) drug
D) preferential

Answer 3

mandatory

Question 4

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

A) drunk driver
B) burglary
C) drug
D) larceny

Question 5

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) potential to be deterred
B) financial position
C) mental state
D) attitude

Question 6

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

A) Day
B) Seasonal
C) Expo facto
D) Crime rate

Question 7

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

A) young
B) first
C) hopeful
D) repeat

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

__________sentence enhancement laws mandate a minimum sentence or extra prison time

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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?

Question 20

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?