Law II U4 Vocab Quiz #1 Sentencing

Retribution refers to

• The philosophy that those who commit criminal acts should be punished for breaking society’s rules to the extent required by just deserts.

• The strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.

• A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

• The philosophy that society is best served when wrongdoers are provided the resources needed to eliminate their criminal behavior.

Deterrence refers to

• The philosophy that those who commit criminal acts should be punished for breaking society’s rules to the extent required by just deserts.

• The strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.

• A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

• The philosophy that society is best served when wrongdoers are provided the resources needed to eliminate their criminal behavior.

Incapacitation refers to

• An approach to punishment designed to repair the harm done to the victim and the community by the offender’s criminal act.

• The strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.

• A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

• The philosophy that society is best served when wrongdoers are provided the resources needed to eliminate their criminal behavior.

Rehabilitation refers to

• An approach to punishment designed to repair the harm done to the victim and the community by the offender’s criminal act.

• The strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.

• A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

• The philosophy that society is best served when wrongdoers are provided the resources needed to eliminate their criminal behavior.

Restorative Justice refers to

• An approach to punishment designed to repair the harm done to the victim and the community by the offender’s criminal act.

• The strategy of preventing crime through the threat of punishment.

• A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, thereby separating them from the community and reducing criminal opportunities.

• The philosophy that society is best served when wrongdoers are provided the resources needed to eliminate their criminal behavior.

Indeterminate Sentencing refers to

• Imposition of a sentence that prescribes a range of years rather than a specified number of years to be served.

• Imposition of a sentence that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.

• A reduction in time served by prisoners based on positive behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior.

• Legislative attempts to ensure that convicts will serve approximately the terms to which they were initially sentenced.

Determinate Sentencing refers to

• Imposition of a sentence that prescribes a range of years rather than a specified number of years to be served.

• Imposition of a sentence that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.

• A reduction in time served by prisoners based on positive behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior.

• Legislative attempts to ensure that convicts will serve approximately the terms to which they were initially sentenced.

"Good Time" refers to

• Imposition of a sentence that prescribes a range of years rather than a specified number of years to be served.

• Imposition of a sentence that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.

• A reduction in time served by prisoners based on positive behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior.

• Legislative attempts to ensure that convicts will serve approximately the terms to which they were initially sentenced.

"Truth in Sentencing" refers to

• Imposition of a sentence that prescribes a range of years rather than a specified number of years to be served.

• Imposition of a sentence that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.

• A reduction in time served by prisoners based on positive behavior, conformity to rules, and other positive behavior.

• Legislative attempts to ensure that convicts will serve approximately the terms to which they were initially sentenced.

In sentencing, a judge taking "Real Offense" into consideration refers to

• The actual offense committed, as opposed to the charge levied by a prosecutor as the result of a plea bargain.

• Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.

• Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a harsher sentence.

• judicial discretion in applying the law to particular cases. Judges are not uniform, or even consistent, in their opinions of which circumstances are mitigating or aggravating.