CRJ 306 Race, Ethnicity and Crime Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
To be fair, a sentencing scheme must allow the judge or discretion
jury __ to shape sentences to fit individuals and their
crimes.
Evidence concerning the impact of state sentencing inconsistent
reforms is:
, Reviews of sentencing studies from the 1930s through the methodologically flawed
1960s found that most were:
Most sentencing research examines the sentences felonies
imposed on offenders convicted of:
Reformers challenged the ____ of intermediate sentencing underlying principles
Sentencing guidelines focus sentencing on the nature culpability
and seriousness of the offense and the of the
offender
As a result of ____, the death penalty statutes in 39 states Furman v. Georgia (1972)
were invalidated
The task of assessing the effect of race on sentencing is war on drugs
complicated by the _ , which critics contend has been
fought primarily in minority communities
The numerous studies of racial disparity in sentencing True
conducted during the 1970s and 1980s are notable for
their low levels of theoritical and methodological
sophistication
Structured sentencing proposals seek to systematize the False
discretion of sentencing judges
Under determinate sentencing rules, sentences were True
tailored to the individual offender
In 2003, the governor of ____ commuted the sentences of Illinois
all of the state's death row inmates to life in prison
because of his concerns for systemic error
Cruel and unusual punishments are prohibited by the ____ Eighth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
In ____ the Supreme Court banned execution of those who 2005
were under the age of 18 at the time of their crime
In ____ the Supreme Court banned imposing the death Coker v. Georgia (1977)
penalty on a defendant convicted of rape
____ affirmed the use of guided discretion in death penalty Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
statutes
The death penalty may be used for an offender convicted played a major role in the crime and displayed "reckless indifference to the value
of felony murder if the person: of human life"
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
To be fair, a sentencing scheme must allow the judge or discretion
jury __ to shape sentences to fit individuals and their
crimes.
Evidence concerning the impact of state sentencing inconsistent
reforms is:
, Reviews of sentencing studies from the 1930s through the methodologically flawed
1960s found that most were:
Most sentencing research examines the sentences felonies
imposed on offenders convicted of:
Reformers challenged the ____ of intermediate sentencing underlying principles
Sentencing guidelines focus sentencing on the nature culpability
and seriousness of the offense and the of the
offender
As a result of ____, the death penalty statutes in 39 states Furman v. Georgia (1972)
were invalidated
The task of assessing the effect of race on sentencing is war on drugs
complicated by the _ , which critics contend has been
fought primarily in minority communities
The numerous studies of racial disparity in sentencing True
conducted during the 1970s and 1980s are notable for
their low levels of theoritical and methodological
sophistication
Structured sentencing proposals seek to systematize the False
discretion of sentencing judges
Under determinate sentencing rules, sentences were True
tailored to the individual offender
In 2003, the governor of ____ commuted the sentences of Illinois
all of the state's death row inmates to life in prison
because of his concerns for systemic error
Cruel and unusual punishments are prohibited by the ____ Eighth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
In ____ the Supreme Court banned execution of those who 2005
were under the age of 18 at the time of their crime
In ____ the Supreme Court banned imposing the death Coker v. Georgia (1977)
penalty on a defendant convicted of rape
____ affirmed the use of guided discretion in death penalty Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
statutes
The death penalty may be used for an offender convicted played a major role in the crime and displayed "reckless indifference to the value
of felony murder if the person: of human life"
