CRJ 100 Final (ASU) Questions with
Accurate Answers
3 key factors in the court process are - ANSWERSthe judge, the prosecutor, and the
defense attorney
plea bargain - ANSWERSthe practice whereby the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the
defendant, and in may jurisdictions the judge agrees on a specific sentence to be
imposed if the accused pleas guilty to an agreed upon charge or charges instead of
going to trial
Release on their own recognition (ROR) - ANSWERSa release secured by a suspects
written promise to appear in court
5 types of punishment - ANSWERSfines, probation, intermediate punishment,
imprisonment, and death penalty
indeterminate sentencing - ANSWERSa sentence with a fixed minimum and maximum
term of incarceration, rather than set
determinate sentencing - ANSWERSa sentence with a fixed period of incarceration
which eliminates the decision making responsibility of parole boards
philosophical rationales for punishment - ANSWERSretribution, incapacitation,
deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration
pre sentence investigation report - ANSWERSoften called PSI's and PSIR that are used
in the federal system and the majority of the states to help judges determine the
appropriate sentence. They are also used in classifying probationers, paroles, and
prisoners according to their treatment needs and security risk
who cannot get the death sentence - ANSWERSwe can no longer put juveniles to death
5 types of death penalties - ANSWERSlethal ejection, firing squad, electric chair, gas
chamber, and hanging
aggravating factor - ANSWERSin death sentencing, circumstances that make a crime
worse than usual
mitigating factors - ANSWERSin death sentencing, circumstances that make a crime
less severe than usual
true or false: the death population in the US continues to grow - ANSWERStrue
Accurate Answers
3 key factors in the court process are - ANSWERSthe judge, the prosecutor, and the
defense attorney
plea bargain - ANSWERSthe practice whereby the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the
defendant, and in may jurisdictions the judge agrees on a specific sentence to be
imposed if the accused pleas guilty to an agreed upon charge or charges instead of
going to trial
Release on their own recognition (ROR) - ANSWERSa release secured by a suspects
written promise to appear in court
5 types of punishment - ANSWERSfines, probation, intermediate punishment,
imprisonment, and death penalty
indeterminate sentencing - ANSWERSa sentence with a fixed minimum and maximum
term of incarceration, rather than set
determinate sentencing - ANSWERSa sentence with a fixed period of incarceration
which eliminates the decision making responsibility of parole boards
philosophical rationales for punishment - ANSWERSretribution, incapacitation,
deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration
pre sentence investigation report - ANSWERSoften called PSI's and PSIR that are used
in the federal system and the majority of the states to help judges determine the
appropriate sentence. They are also used in classifying probationers, paroles, and
prisoners according to their treatment needs and security risk
who cannot get the death sentence - ANSWERSwe can no longer put juveniles to death
5 types of death penalties - ANSWERSlethal ejection, firing squad, electric chair, gas
chamber, and hanging
aggravating factor - ANSWERSin death sentencing, circumstances that make a crime
worse than usual
mitigating factors - ANSWERSin death sentencing, circumstances that make a crime
less severe than usual
true or false: the death population in the US continues to grow - ANSWERStrue
