Week 9 Quiz

Which of the following is a characteristic of restorative justice?

Crime has individual and social dimensions of responsibility

The day-fine system solves which objection to the use of fines?

Fines are unfair because more affluent offenders can buy their way out of prison while indigent offenders are unable to pay fines

The protectionist argument justifying capital punishment is fairly weak because the underlying social interest can also be met by which other sentencing option?

Incarceration

What is the main limitation of the Crime Victims' Rights Act?

It only provides rights to victims of federal crimes

________ is a type of sentencing plan that allows no leeway in the imposition of a sentence for a person convicted of a crime

Mandatory sentencing

What is the main priority of justice reinvestment?

Prioritizing the use of alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders

What effect did the USA PATRIOT Act have on the death penalty in the U.S.?

The list of federal crimes punishable by death was expanded significantly

Which of the following is a mitigating circumstance?

The offender acted under strong provocation

General deterrence attempts to ________

discourage potential offenders from committing crimes

A sentence of 8 to 15 years in prison is an example of ________ sentencing

indeterminate

Federal sentencing guidelines ________

provide a range of punishments for a specific crime

The just deserts model of sentencing emphasizes ________

retribution

The Innocence Protection Act of 2004 provides federal funds to help eliminate ________

the backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples

The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Furman v. Georgia was a statement against ________

the manner in which statutes permitted the death penalty to be imposed

Proportionality means that ________

there should be a direct relationship between the severity of the sanction and the seriousness of the crime