Question 1:
One of the four main goals of American criminal sanctions is retribution (i.e., deserved punishment).
Which of the following has been proposed recently as an
additional, fifth goal?
Answer:
Restorative justice
Question 2:
Which of the following is most accurate regarding the two types of deterrence?
Answer:
General deterrence warns people not to commit the same specific crimes offenders did
Question 3:
After years of being beaten by her husband, Laverne, on an emotional impulse, shot her husband.
Shirley has been arrested and convicted of drunk driving in which a victim was injured 12 times over the
past two years.
According to the theory of
incapacitation, which is more likely?
Answer:
Shirley is likely to get a harsher sentence because she is more likely to repeat her crime
Question 4:
Which of these describes the general trends in criminal justice regarding the goal of rehabilitation
for criminal offenders?
Answer:
Rehabilitation was emphasized from the 1940s to 1970s, questioned from the 1970s to 2000, and
reemerged as important after 2000
Question 5:
A restorative justice approach including mediation does NOT involve which of the
following?
Answer:
The trial judge
Question 6:
Which of the following correctly identifies a factor that diminishes punishment as a
deterrent?
Answer:
Punishment is not necessarily sure, swift, and harass as needed