Chapter 6: Sentencing

Question 1

Prior to the 1970s, prisons were what?

Answer 1

Self-regulating

Question 2

What type of sentencing is characterized by judges and parole boards having the most flexibility and power and the length of prison is determined by your behavior?

Answer 2

Indeterminate Sentencing

Question 3

What act mandated mandatory sentences which meant strict application of full sentences, restricted plea bargains and allowed an aggravating/mitigation sentence structure?

Answer 3

Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

Question 4

The selection of judges varies from state to state in the US.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Judges do not normally accept the recommendations of sentencing by pre-sentence investigators because it “would compromise the integrity of the court”.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

“Good time” is a way of “tracking offenders once they are released from prison”

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What is the term used to describe incarcerating those inmates most likely to commit a large number of offenses to extensive incarceration?

Answer 7

Selective incarceration

Question 8

Regarding sentencing, what is the term used to describe an offenders social history? That is, facts have no bearing on the offense.

Answer 8

Extra-legal