Module 9 Study Guide Review
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- Q1
State and federal legislative bodies enact ____ that specify appropriate punishments for each statutory offense or class of offense.
flat-time sentences
forms of restitution
indeterminate sentences
penal codes
30s - Q2
Judges can suspend an entire sentence if the offender:
stays out of trouble
any of the above
seeks medical treatment
makes restitution
30s - Q3
A(n) ____sentence has a fixed minimum and maximum term of incarceration, rather than a set period.
indeterminate
determinate
flat-time
presumptive
30s - Q4
Presumptive sentences may be based on sentencing guidelines, which are developed by sentencing commissions comprised of:
both criminal justice professionals and private citizens
private citizens, including victims
legislatures
police and court personnel
30s - Q5
From biblical times through the eighteenth century, ____ was the dominant justification for punishment.
rehabilitation
deterrence
retribution
restoration
30s - Q6
Which of the following is an effort to do something for victims and their survivors—to return them, as much as possible, to their previous state and to make them “whole” again?
Rehabilitation
Restoration
Retribution
Deterrence
30s - Q7
Before the Supreme Court's 1991 decision, ____ were considered irrelevant and potentially inflammatory and were not allowed.
determinate sentences
indeterminate sentences
specific and general deterrence
victim-impact statements
30s - Q8
According to your textbook, restorative justice seeks four goals. Three are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of restorative justice?
To restore the health of the community
To require the offender to contribute to repairing the harm done
To punish the offender for the harm done
To meet victims' needs
30s - Q9
According to your text, one problem with restitution is that most offenders:
arrange for others to assume the burdens of restitution for them
consider restitution to be inflammatory and refuse to participate in providing it
provide restitution, but usually the wrong kind
have neither the financial means nor the abilities to provide adequate restitution
30s - Q10
Generally, a presentence investigation report (PSI) is prepared by a:
probation officer
judge
defendant
prosecutor
30s - Q11
Your text lists four examples of the claims that a convicted offender can make at allocution. Three are listed below. Which of the following is NOT one of these claims?
That he or she is not the person who was found guilty at trial
That she is pregnant
That he or she has gone insane since the verdict was rendered
That his or her civil rights are being violated by the sentence
30s - Q12
Nearly ____ of state trial court decisions are affirmed on appeal.
40 percent
60 percent
20 percent
80 percent
30s - Q13
Before 1968, the only issues the Supreme Court considered in relation to capital punishment concerned:
the constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishment
the constitutionality of executing women
the means of administering the death penalty
the constitutionality of executing juveniles
30s - Q14
Between 1968 and 1972:
only five death row inmates were executed
all of the above
a series of lawsuits challenged various aspects of capital punishment
a formal moratorium on executions was observed
30s - Q15
All but four of the capital offenses under federal law involve murder. Three of these are listed below. Which one does NOT belong?
Treason
Drug trafficking in large quantities
Kidnapping
Espionage
30s