SENTENCING
GOALS (N)
GOALS (N)
This goal of sentencing aims to make the offender pay for the harm caused to the victim and society
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There are this many classes of misdemeanors.
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The alternative to incarceration releases the offender into the community and imposes a set of conditions that the offender abides by
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This courtroom act has the absolute discretion to tailor the sentence of an offender
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These 2 professors researched stereotypes regarding crime by examining data on drug offenders convicted in 3 U.S. District Court.
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This goal of sentencing that concentrates on changing an offender's behavior through treatment and education
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This is the primary alternative to incarceration.
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This alternative sanction is used primarily for nonviolent offenders and can include electronic monitoring
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This crime can only be punished by the imposition of the death penalty
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This phrase is used to refer to the differences in courts on the state, federal, and international levels
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This substitute method of sentencing is attentive to repairing the damage done to the victim and the community instead of punishing the offender only
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This number of states currently allow the death penalty.
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This underused intermediate sanction is not often an alternative sanction to incarceration but is used as a condition for probation or for juvenile offenders
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These are the multiple alternatives to incarceration besides probation
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This phrase is used to describe judges' concerns about maintaining families and protecting innocent children with dealing with "families" defendants
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The sentencing idea that sees the main function of punishment as avoiding future crime through fear and educating offenders
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These two states do not have juveniles represented among prisoners serving life sentences.
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This program targets young, non-violent felony offenders who don't have extensive prior criminal records
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This is when the judges' options are limited for sentencing
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This framework offers judges structured rules and sanctions for deciding appropriate sentences to lessen inequality in sentencing
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This philosophy stresses equality and proportionality in sentencing, safeguarding that the punishment fits the crime
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This group decides when the offender will be released from prison when regarding indeterminate sentences.
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This penalty is often imposed on offenders convicted of misdemeanors and felonies in American courts that are calibrated to the seriousness of their crime
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This is what mandatory minimum sentences require judges to do
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This is the justification of punishment that emphasizes the prevention of crimes in the future?
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