CRJ 104 - Exam #4 - Everett - UNR Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
4th Amendment - Answers unreasonable search and seizure, right for a warrant
5th Amendment - Answers self incrimination, miranda rights
6th Amendment - Answers right to a speedy/public trial, right to counsel, trail by jury
8th Amendment - Answers no cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail not required
determinate sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced to
a fixed term of incarceration
indeterminate sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced
to a range of time of incarceration
mandatory sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced
based on the law for incarceration
concurrent sentences - Answers sentences served at the same time; until the longest sentence
is served
consecutive sentences - Answers sentences that run one after the other
retribution - Answers a repayment; a deserved punishment; basically getting even; ex: death
penalty
deterrence - Answers discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
incapacitation - Answers punishment that seeks to protect society from criminals by
imprisoning or executing them; 3 strikes law
3 strikes law - Answers significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a
felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies,
and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence.
rehabilitation - Answers process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
pro death penalty - Answers deterrence, retribution, incapacitation
con death penalty - Answers not a deterrent, morality, risk of executing innocent people,
discriminatory sentences, easy way out, more expensive
parole - Answers early release from prison; through good time credits; given strict
guidelines/rules to follow; privilege not a right
probation - Answers alternative sentence; reinforcement = threat of revocation
4th Amendment - Answers unreasonable search and seizure, right for a warrant
5th Amendment - Answers self incrimination, miranda rights
6th Amendment - Answers right to a speedy/public trial, right to counsel, trail by jury
8th Amendment - Answers no cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail not required
determinate sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced to
a fixed term of incarceration
indeterminate sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced
to a range of time of incarceration
mandatory sentencing - Answers a model of sentencing in which the offender is sentenced
based on the law for incarceration
concurrent sentences - Answers sentences served at the same time; until the longest sentence
is served
consecutive sentences - Answers sentences that run one after the other
retribution - Answers a repayment; a deserved punishment; basically getting even; ex: death
penalty
deterrence - Answers discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
incapacitation - Answers punishment that seeks to protect society from criminals by
imprisoning or executing them; 3 strikes law
3 strikes law - Answers significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a
felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies,
and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence.
rehabilitation - Answers process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
pro death penalty - Answers deterrence, retribution, incapacitation
con death penalty - Answers not a deterrent, morality, risk of executing innocent people,
discriminatory sentences, easy way out, more expensive
parole - Answers early release from prison; through good time credits; given strict
guidelines/rules to follow; privilege not a right
probation - Answers alternative sentence; reinforcement = threat of revocation
