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Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law
_______ are felony crimes that may be reduced to a misdemeanor - ✔✔Wobblers
_______ is a sentencing goal that aims to protect crime by treating the offender via
educational programs, drug and alcohol programs, and the treatments -
✔✔rehabilitation
_______ is a sentencing goal that aims to protect the public by removing the offender
from society - ✔✔incapacitation
________ deals primarily with governmental powers, civil rights, and civil liberties -
✔✔constitutional law
________ deterrence is directed toward individual offenders to discourage reoffending
- ✔✔specific
A plaintiff is awarded money in a personal injury case to cover hospital bills and lost
100%
wages . This is an example of. - ✔✔compensatory damages
A(n) ______ defense claims that the defendant could not have committed the crime for
which he or she was charged, because they have proof they could not have been at
the crime scene at the time of the crime - ✔✔
Jeremy Bentham's theory of punishment was based upon _______ or the "the greatest
good for the greatest number" - ✔✔utilitarianism
Mens rea refers to ; - ✔✔"the guilty act" to indicate the physical act of the crime
One argument for the death penalty is that it might prevent future killings by "making an
example" of the offender. This is an example of. - ✔✔general deference
the elements of a crime must be proven ________ in order to convict the accused -
✔✔beyond a reasonable doubt
Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf
Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law
_______ are felony crimes that may be reduced to a misdemeanor - ✔✔Wobblers
_______ is a sentencing goal that aims to protect crime by treating the offender via
educational programs, drug and alcohol programs, and the treatments -
✔✔rehabilitation
_______ is a sentencing goal that aims to protect the public by removing the offender
from society - ✔✔incapacitation
________ deals primarily with governmental powers, civil rights, and civil liberties -
✔✔constitutional law
________ deterrence is directed toward individual offenders to discourage reoffending
- ✔✔specific
A plaintiff is awarded money in a personal injury case to cover hospital bills and lost
100%
wages . This is an example of. - ✔✔compensatory damages
A(n) ______ defense claims that the defendant could not have committed the crime for
which he or she was charged, because they have proof they could not have been at
the crime scene at the time of the crime - ✔✔
Jeremy Bentham's theory of punishment was based upon _______ or the "the greatest
good for the greatest number" - ✔✔utilitarianism
Mens rea refers to ; - ✔✔"the guilty act" to indicate the physical act of the crime
One argument for the death penalty is that it might prevent future killings by "making an
example" of the offender. This is an example of. - ✔✔general deference
the elements of a crime must be proven ________ in order to convict the accused -
✔✔beyond a reasonable doubt
Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf Ch.3 Criminal Justice and the Law.pdf
