America\\\'s Courts And The Criminal Justice System
America\\\'s Courts and the Criminal Justice System
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America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 15 Exam Bank Solution Manual Graded A+
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America\\\'s Courts And The Criminal Justice System
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 15 Exam Bank Solution Manual Graded A+
retribution - Answers -payment of a debt to society
-allows victim to get revenge
incapacitation - Answers -stresses crime prevention by isolating offenders from society
selective incapacitation - An...
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 15 Exam Bank Solution Manual Graded A+
retribution - Answers -payment of a debt to society
-allows victim to get revenge
incapacitation - Answers -stresses crime prevention by isolating offenders from society
selective incapacitation - Answers targeting dangerous offenders for long prison sentences
deterrence - Answers -punishment discourages others from crime
rehabilitation - Answers -punishment restore offenders so they can return to society
-assumes criminal behavior is the result of social/psychological disorders
legislatures - Answers -initially responsible for creating sentencing options
-sentencing for crimes is statutory, no common law
judges have - Answers 100% discretion on choosing sentencing from legislature
executive sentencing - Answers -carries out sentence imposed by judges
-parole boards, governors, and department of corrections
-responsible for the safety/security of sentenced
parole boards - Answers -appointed positions
-determines when a person gets out/if they get good time while in custody
-monitor inmates once released
good time - Answers reduction of time served in prison as a reward for not violating rules
pardon - Answers -reduce sentence
-make eligible for parole
-release and erase conviction
-done at discretion of governor or president
-not subject to judicial review and cannot be appealed
-only for criminal cases
two types of sentencing statutes - Answers -indeterminate and determinate
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