WRIGHTSMANS PSYCHOLOGY AND THE
LEGAL SYSTEM 9TH EDITION GREENE
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026 STUDY GUIDE
⩥ due process model. Answer: A model that places primary value on the
protection of citizens, including criminal suspects, from possible abuses
by the police and law enforcement.
Assumes the innocence of suspects and require that they be treated fairly
by the criminal justice system.
Subscribes to the maxim that 'it is better that ten guilty persons go free
than that one innocent person should suffer.'
⩥ crime control model. Answer: Model that seeks the apprehension and
punishment of law breakers.
It emphasizes the efficient detection of suspects and the effective
prosecution of defendants, to help ensure that criminal activity is being
contained or reduced.
"Incapacitation through incarceration"---removing them from
circulation.
, ⩥ principle of proportionality. Answer: Means that the punishment
should be consistently related to the magnitude of the offense.
⩥ equality. Answer: Means that all people who commit the same crime
or misdeed should receive the same consequences.
⩥ discretion. Answer: Involves considering the circumstances of certain
offenders and offense to determine the appropriate consequences for
wrongdoing.
⩥ sentencing disparity. Answer: The tendency for judges to administer a
variety of penalties for the same crime.
⩥ racial bias. Answer: Whereby police officers, prosecutors, jurors, and
judges use an individual's race as a basis for judgements of his or her
behavior.
⩥ implicit bias. Answer: Unconscious beliefs that influence how people
interpret and judge thoughts and actions.
⩥ determinate sentencing. Answer: The offense determines the sentence
and judges have little discretion.
LEGAL SYSTEM 9TH EDITION GREENE
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026 STUDY GUIDE
⩥ due process model. Answer: A model that places primary value on the
protection of citizens, including criminal suspects, from possible abuses
by the police and law enforcement.
Assumes the innocence of suspects and require that they be treated fairly
by the criminal justice system.
Subscribes to the maxim that 'it is better that ten guilty persons go free
than that one innocent person should suffer.'
⩥ crime control model. Answer: Model that seeks the apprehension and
punishment of law breakers.
It emphasizes the efficient detection of suspects and the effective
prosecution of defendants, to help ensure that criminal activity is being
contained or reduced.
"Incapacitation through incarceration"---removing them from
circulation.
, ⩥ principle of proportionality. Answer: Means that the punishment
should be consistently related to the magnitude of the offense.
⩥ equality. Answer: Means that all people who commit the same crime
or misdeed should receive the same consequences.
⩥ discretion. Answer: Involves considering the circumstances of certain
offenders and offense to determine the appropriate consequences for
wrongdoing.
⩥ sentencing disparity. Answer: The tendency for judges to administer a
variety of penalties for the same crime.
⩥ racial bias. Answer: Whereby police officers, prosecutors, jurors, and
judges use an individual's race as a basis for judgements of his or her
behavior.
⩥ implicit bias. Answer: Unconscious beliefs that influence how people
interpret and judge thoughts and actions.
⩥ determinate sentencing. Answer: The offense determines the sentence
and judges have little discretion.
