CCJ3024 Exam 4 Questions With Correct
Answers
Capital Crime - answerAn offense punishable by execution.
Concurrent Sentences - answerSentences that are served at the same time.
Consecutive Sentences - answerSentences that are served in sequence instead of at the same
time.
Cruel and Unusual P...
Capital Crime - answer✔An offense punishable by execution.
Concurrent Sentences - answer✔Sentences that are served at the same time.
Consecutive Sentences - answer✔Sentences that are served in sequence instead of at the same
time.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment - answer✔A sentence or conditions of confinement that, within
the time period of sentencing or confinement, go beyond what is acceptable to a society.
Determinate Sentence - answer✔A sentence that specifies a precise period of time that the
offender must serve.
Deterrence - answer✔A sentencing goal focused on convincing the offender or others not to
commit crime.
Habeas Corpus - answer✔A written judicial order requiring that a prisoner's case be reviewed in
court to determine if the person is being held unconstitutionally.
Habitual Offender Statute - answer✔A law that creates enhanced penalties for repeat offenders.
Incapacitation - answer✔A sentencing goal that aims to make it impossible for the offender to
commit a future crime.
Indeterminate Sentence - answer✔A sentence in which the offender is given a range of time he
can serve, such as 5 to 7 years, dependent on his behavior while in prison.
Presentence Investigation (PSI) Report - answer✔A report that provides the court with a basis
for making a sentencing decision by including a personal history of the offender, often a victim
impact statement, and a recommendation for sentencing.
Presumptive Sentencing Model - answer✔A sentencing model assuming that judges should
sentence within sentencing guidelines, or ranges specified for particular charges.
Preventive Detention Laws - answer✔Legislation that allows the criminal justice system to
prevent offenders from committing future crimes by lengthy incarceration in prison or secure
mental health facilities.
Recidivist - answer✔An offender who has been previously convicted of crimes.
Rehabilitation - answer✔A sentencing goal focused on aiding an offender to learn skills to help
prevent the person from reoffending.
Retribution - answer✔A sentencing goal focused on punishing the convicted for the crime.
Statutory Minimum - answer✔The minimum sentence set by a legislature that must be imposed
for a particular crime.
Auburn System - answer✔A system of prison administration in which prisoners were isolated in
cells at night but allowed to congregate during the day for work duty and meals, but in total
silence.
Community Corrections - answer✔Court-imposed programs and sanctions that allow offenders
to serve their sentences within the community instead of in jail or prison.
Crime Control Model - answer✔A corrections model that has as its primary goal suppression and
containment of the behavior of criminals.
Elmira Reformatory - answer✔A New York reformatory that emphasized rehabilitation rather
than punishment.
Faith-Based Prison Programs - answer✔Services provided when a private prison corporation
builds or operates a prison under contract with a government agency and invites religious
organizations to offer rehabilitation services to the inmates.
Halfway House - answer✔A loosely structured prerelease, community-based residence that helps
a prisoner adjust to the community after total incarceration.
Hulks - answer✔Abandoned ships that functioned as enormous holding blocks within which
offenders were chained.
Indentured Servitude - answer✔The practice of selling criminals as servants to private
individuals instead of sentencing them to penal facilities.
Industrial Prison - answer✔A prison factory where the focus was on creating a productive work
environment rather than the rehabilitation or reform of prisoners.
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