C168 CRITICAL THINKING AND LOGIC
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What is the punitive purpose of the principle of less eligibility?
Answer: Retribution
Deterrence
◉ You rob a bank. The police chase you down as you are running
away. They arrest you. You have a trial and are found guilty. The
judge sentences you to 8 years in prison. Is this sanction: Answer:
Penal
◉ You are driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on the freeway. A police
officer pulls you over. He gives you a $150 speeding ticket. Is this
sanction: Answer: Regulatory
◉ Having read about Foucault's conceptualizations of "discipline"
and "punishment," how would you categorize him as a scholar?
Answer: Historian
Philosopher
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "help[ing]
prisoners prepare for their return to the community"? Answer:
Rehabilitation
,◉ What purpose of punishment is served by simply "keep[ing]
prisoners in custody"? Answer: Incapacitation
◉ A person attempts to murder the King of England. A judge
sentences the attempted murderer to be drawn and quartered in a
public square, in order to impose pain and fear on the culprit
comparable to what the King experienced when his life was
threatened. What purpose of punishment does this sound like?
Answer: Retribution
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served through
"maintain[ing] order, control, discipline, and safety"? Answer:
Deterrence
Incapacitation
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "provid[ing]
decent conditions for prisoners and meet[ing] their needs, including
healthcare"? Answer: None of the above
◉ You are babysitting for your little brother. You ask him if he did his
homework, and he says 'yes.' An hour later, you find out he was lying.
So you send him to his room for 15 minutes. Is this punishment:
Answer: Practical
◉ What are the two main kinds of limitations on punishments that
exist? Answer: Legal & Moral
, ◉ A police officer approaches a student smoking in Aldrich park; the
officer notices rolling papers and a Ziploc bag full of plant matter
next to the student. The student sees the officer and hands over the
Ziploc bag. The officer arrests the student, who spends a night in jail;
a judge later orders her to pay a $500 fine. Is this sanction: Answer:
Penal
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "provid[ing]
positive regimes which help prisoners address their offending
behavior"? Answer: Rehabilitation
◉ A 10-year-old child makes a lewd, prank phone call. The recipient
recognizes the voice and calls the police. The police arrest the child.
The child receives no Mirandawarnings and has no access to a lawyer.
A judge sends the child to a "reform" school for a period of one year.
Is this sanction: Answer: Regulatory
◉ A man on the street takes a knife out of his pocket and starts
stabbing a tree trunk, yelling: "I am going to kill you." A police
officer approaches, subdues the man, and takes him to a local hospital.
Doctors diagnose the man with schizophrenia. A judge orders that the
man be confined to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely. Is this sanction:
Answer: Regulatory
◉ A man steals a loaf of bread. A judge sentences him to isolation,
with nothing but a Bible to read, so that he can repent and take time to
think about becoming a more moral person. What purpose of
punishment does this sound like? Answer: Rehabilitation
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What is the punitive purpose of the principle of less eligibility?
Answer: Retribution
Deterrence
◉ You rob a bank. The police chase you down as you are running
away. They arrest you. You have a trial and are found guilty. The
judge sentences you to 8 years in prison. Is this sanction: Answer:
Penal
◉ You are driving 65 mph in a 45 mph zone on the freeway. A police
officer pulls you over. He gives you a $150 speeding ticket. Is this
sanction: Answer: Regulatory
◉ Having read about Foucault's conceptualizations of "discipline"
and "punishment," how would you categorize him as a scholar?
Answer: Historian
Philosopher
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "help[ing]
prisoners prepare for their return to the community"? Answer:
Rehabilitation
,◉ What purpose of punishment is served by simply "keep[ing]
prisoners in custody"? Answer: Incapacitation
◉ A person attempts to murder the King of England. A judge
sentences the attempted murderer to be drawn and quartered in a
public square, in order to impose pain and fear on the culprit
comparable to what the King experienced when his life was
threatened. What purpose of punishment does this sound like?
Answer: Retribution
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served through
"maintain[ing] order, control, discipline, and safety"? Answer:
Deterrence
Incapacitation
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "provid[ing]
decent conditions for prisoners and meet[ing] their needs, including
healthcare"? Answer: None of the above
◉ You are babysitting for your little brother. You ask him if he did his
homework, and he says 'yes.' An hour later, you find out he was lying.
So you send him to his room for 15 minutes. Is this punishment:
Answer: Practical
◉ What are the two main kinds of limitations on punishments that
exist? Answer: Legal & Moral
, ◉ A police officer approaches a student smoking in Aldrich park; the
officer notices rolling papers and a Ziploc bag full of plant matter
next to the student. The student sees the officer and hands over the
Ziploc bag. The officer arrests the student, who spends a night in jail;
a judge later orders her to pay a $500 fine. Is this sanction: Answer:
Penal
◉ What purpose of punishment might be served by "provid[ing]
positive regimes which help prisoners address their offending
behavior"? Answer: Rehabilitation
◉ A 10-year-old child makes a lewd, prank phone call. The recipient
recognizes the voice and calls the police. The police arrest the child.
The child receives no Mirandawarnings and has no access to a lawyer.
A judge sends the child to a "reform" school for a period of one year.
Is this sanction: Answer: Regulatory
◉ A man on the street takes a knife out of his pocket and starts
stabbing a tree trunk, yelling: "I am going to kill you." A police
officer approaches, subdues the man, and takes him to a local hospital.
Doctors diagnose the man with schizophrenia. A judge orders that the
man be confined to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely. Is this sanction:
Answer: Regulatory
◉ A man steals a loaf of bread. A judge sentences him to isolation,
with nothing but a Bible to read, so that he can repent and take time to
think about becoming a more moral person. What purpose of
punishment does this sound like? Answer: Rehabilitation
