Chapter 1 test

A judge who orders the offender to pay back victims for their losses is practicing which philosophy of punishment?

Equity/restitution.

True or false: Incapacitation is based on being able to predict the future needs of the offender, not on the gravity of the current offense.

False.

True or false: Research conclusively shows that the death penalty is an effective deterrent to crime.

False.

True or false: The concept of restorative justice is based on the belief that convicted offenders must pay back their victims for their losses.

False.

The belief that someone who knows that committing a crime will result in harsh punishment will choose not to commit the crime is known as which of the following?

General deterrence.

Punishment that claims a state cannot survive unless it maintains a set of rules that protect its structure and process is based on which of the following rationales? Select one.

Punishment helps maintain the society

Punishment that claims criminals have forfeited some of their rights as citizens is based on which of the following rationales?

Punishment is deserved.

Punishment delivered to deter wrongdoers from repeating their crimes is based on which of the following rationales?

Punishment teaches a lesson.

A judge who sentences an offender to a community-based program is practicing which philosophy of punishment?

Rehabilitation.

The practice of identifying high-rate offenders and providing for their long-term incarceration is known as which of the following?

Selective incapacitation.

Which of the following is defined as "the practice of identifying high-rate offenders and providing for their long-term incarceration"

Selective incapacitation.

The belief that someone who experiences harsh criminal penalties is likely to reform and not become a repeat offender is known as which of the following?

Specific deterrence.

Punishment that demands retribution (that the perpetrator "pay for their sins") is based on which of the following rationales?

The offense has sparked public outrage and something must be done about it.

True or false: According to the "just deserts" philosophy, punishment is justified only when it conforms to what the guilty deserves, no more and no less.

True.

True or false: The concept of rehabilitation is based on the belief that persons will refrain from further criminal activity if they can be helped and treated rather than condemned and punished.

True.

The goal of reintegrating offenders back into the community represents which philosophy of punishment?

reform