Vhapter 15: Sentencing and Corrections

Question 1

legislature

Answer 1

• congress or state of pa

* create sentencing options

Question 2

judicial

Answer 2

• choose among sentencing options

Question 3

executive

Answer 3

• president, governors, correction officers, parole boards

* make sure sentencing seen through

Question 4

purpose of punishment

Answer 4

• deterrence
• rehabilitation
• incapacitation
• retribution

Question 5

deterrence

Answer 5

• if punished, keep offender from committing another crime

Question 6

rehabilitation

Answer 6

• help offender change behavior so they can lead a productive life after release

Question 7

incapacitation

Answer 7

• separate offender from community

Question 8

retribution

Answer 8

• eye for an eye

* instead of people seeking revenge, justice system punished them

Question 9

sentencing options

Answer 9

• fine
• suspended sentence
• probation
• work release
• imprisonment
• death penalty

Question 10

fine

Answer 10

• pay money with no time served

Question 11

suspended sentence

Answer 11

• no time served at the present but have to if arrested again or violates probation

Question 12

probation

Answer 12

• supervision with no time served

Question 13

work release

Answer 13

• offender allowed to return to community for work but must return to prison at night or over the weekends

Question 14

imprisonment

Answer 14

• serve time in jail or prison

Question 15

jail

Answer 15

• can’t pay bail
• waiting for court hearing
• opperated by city or county
• less than a yr

Question 16

prison

Answer 16

• state and federal gov
• more than a yr
• in pa they’re called state correctional institutions

Question 17

parole

Answer 17

• release of an inmate from prison before max sentence
• not everyone eligible for parole
• priviledge not right
• must have neg drug test

Question 18

5 rights maintained in prison

Answer 18

• freedom of religion
• right to due process
• free from cruel and unusual punishment
• right to medical treatment if ill
• right to access law libraries and courts

Question 19

death penalty

Answer 19

• colonial times
• 35 states and fed gov
• about 3000 on death row
• pa about 200

Question 20

furman vs georgia

Answer 20

• supreme court invalidated death penalty

* states and gov had to rewrite laws

Question 21

penalty phase

Answer 21

• see if death penalty is an appropriate sentence

Question 22

aggrivating circumstance

Answer 22

• factors thay make case look worse

Question 23

mitigating circumstance

Answer 23

• makes case look less severe

Question 24

2002 supreme court ruling

Answer 24

• intellectually disabled can’t be executed

Question 25

2005 seprueme court ruling

Answer 25

• can’t be executed for crime committed as a juvenile

Question 26

methods of execution

Answer 26

• lethal injection
• firing squad
• gas chamber
• electrocution
• hanging