Chp. 11: Court Methods and Challenges; Sentencing and Punishment Flashcards
1
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What is Retribution?
A
a goal of punishment that states the offender ought to be made to experience revenge for his actions.
2
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What is Deterrence?
A
actions that are designed to prevent crimes from occurring.
3
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What is Incapacitation?
A
rendering someone as unable to act or move about either through incarceration or by court order.
4
Q
What is Capital Punishment?
A
a sentence of death, or carrying out same via execution of the offender.
5
Q
What is Determinate Sentencing?
A
a specific, fixed-period sentence ordered by a court.
6
Q
What is Exoneration?
A
to absolve someone of criminal blame, or find someone not guilty.
7
Q
What is Indeterminate Sentencing?
A
a scheme whereby one is sentenced for a flexible time period.
