Chapter 5

Question 1

the theory of _________ ignores the offender altogether and focuses on merely taking them off the streets.

Answer 1

incapacitation 107

Question 2

Two key elements to consider with the theory of incapacitation is:

Answer 2

1. what is the cost

2. how much will the crime be reduced 108

Question 3

Collective incapacitation has 2 elements:

Answer 3

1. we identify everyone who falls into a certain category for example everyone who commits a crime carrying a gun.
2. we take everyone in this category and put them in prison. 110

Question 4

Collective incapacitation has an issue because _________ get locked up for excessive amounts of time due to this wide net. This also increases cost for an offender who may have never offended again.

Answer 4

low-rate offender 111

Question 5

100 robbers are standing before the court, a ___________ would be to imprison everybody. A ___________ approach would be to imprison only the subgroup of robbers who will turn out to be chronic offenders.

Answer 5

Collective incapacitation, Selective incapacitation 113

Question 6

most policies using imprisonment in America have been based mainly on the idea of ___________.

Answer 6

collective incapacitation 111

Question 7

________ are offenders that an instrument predicts will become recidivists when in fact, they do not.

Answer 7

false positives 114.