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8.16: Intro CJ Ch 5.5 Multiple Choice Questions (31)

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    An intermediate sanction intended to be an alternative to incarceration but that is more intense than standard probation.

    • House Arrest
    • Boot Camps
    • Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP)
    • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

    Prison terms for two or more offenses to be served at the same time, rather than one after the other.

    • Community Service
    • House Arrest
    • Victim Impact Statement
    • Concurrent Sentence

    A type of corrections sentence that consists of a short-term residential program that resembles military basic training.

    • Home Confinement
    • Concurrent Sentence
    • Sentencing
    • Boot Camps

    A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct.

    • Overturn
    • Consecutive Sentence
    • Appeal
    • Probation

    A type of sentencing environment where judicial discretion in sentence length is limited by statutory law.

    • Death Penalty
    • Consecutive Sentence
    • Community Service
    • Mandatory Sentences

    Instruments through which legislative bodies determine the punishments that are associated with particular crimes.

    • Sentencing Statute
    • Appeal
    • Boot Camps
    • Asset Forfeiture

    A prison sentence of a fixed length that is not subject to reduction by a parole board or other body.

    • Determinate Sentencing
    • Asset Forfeiture
    • Consecutive Sentence
    • Probation

    Another name for Home Confinement.

    • House Arrest
    • Uphold
    • Proportionality Doctrine
    • Probation

    A system of assessing fine amounts based on the offender’s income rather than a set amount.

    • Sentencing Statute
    • Indeterminate Sentencing
    • Probation
    • Day Fine

    Created a new federal agency, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, to set sentencing guidelines for every federal offense.

    • Uphold
    • Fine
    • Overturn
    • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

    The overruling or setting aside the decision of a lower court by a higher court.

    • Overturn
    • Remand
    • Determinate Sentencing
    • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

    In some jurisdictions, this hearing is separated from the finding of guilt.

    • Sentencing Hearing
    • Asset Forfeiture
    • Home Confinement
    • Uphold

    Money paid to the government as punishment for a violation or crime.

    • Electronic Monitoring
    • Fine
    • Concurrent Sentence
    • Day Fine

    The use of electronic equipment to monitor a person’s movement to ensure compliance with court-ordered conditions, such as house arrest.

    • Proportionality Doctrine
    • Death Penalty
    • Good Time
    • Electronic Monitoring

    The confiscation of assets by the government through either civil or criminal process.

    • Consecutive Sentence
    • Appeal
    • Sentencing Hearing
    • Asset Forfeiture

    A homicide sanctioned and ultimately committed by the state as a punishment for crime.

    • Appeal
    • U.S. Sentencing Commission
    • Death Penalty
    • Determinate Sentencing

    A type of sentence where the length of imprisonment is determined by the inmate’s conduct while in prison rather than being of a set length.

    • Indeterminate Sentencing
    • Proportionality Doctrine
    • Death Penalty
    • Determinate Sentencing

    Unpaid work intended to be of some social value.

    • Community Service
    • Concurrent Sentence
    • Mandatory Sentences
    • Forfeiture

    The stage of the criminal justice process where the convicted person is brought before the court to have a punishment determined.

    • Remand
    • Presentence Investigation Report
    • Uphold
    • Sentencing

    A statement made by the victim of a crime and given to the judge responsible for sentencing the perpetrator.

    • Victim Impact Statement
    • Appeal
    • Presentence Investigation Report
    • Overturn

    The appellate court agrees with the lower court decision and allows it to stand.

    • Scarlet-Letter Punishments
    • Electronic Monitoring
    • Uphold
    • Sentencing

    To send back [to police or jail custody]

    • Asset Forfeiture
    • Good Time
    • Remand
    • Sentencing

    A special condition the court imposes that requires an individual to remain at home except for certain approved activities such as work and medical appointments.

    • Home Confinement
    • Mandatory Sentences
    • Victim Impact Statement
    • Determinate Sentencing

    Prison terms for two or more offenses to be served one after the other.

    • Uphold
    • House Arrest
    • Day Fine
    • Consecutive Sentence

    A specified amount of time taken off of a prisoner’s sentence for not violating rules while incarcerated.

    • Good Time
    • Concurrent Sentence
    • Victim Impact Statement
    • Sentencing Hearing

    The agency responsible for the establishment of sentencing policies and procedures for the federal court system.

    • Indeterminate Sentencing
    • U.S. Sentencing Commission
    • Boot Camps
    • Victim Impact Statement

    The legal doctrine that the punishment should fit the crime rather than being too lenient or too harsh.

    • Remand
    • Asset Forfeiture
    • Home Confinement
    • Proportionality Doctrine

    A report summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence.

    • Presentence Investigation Report
    • Death Penalty
    • Appeal
    • Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

    Punishments designed to work primarily through humiliation.

    • House Arrest
    • Determinate Sentencing
    • Sentencing Hearing
    • Scarlet-Letter Punishments

    A criminal sanction where the court releases the person to the community and orders him or her to complete a period of supervision and to abide by certain conditions.

    • Probation
    • Mandatory Sentences
    • Concurrent Sentence
    • Victim Impact Statement

    Being forced by the government to give up something as a punishment for crime.

    • Probation
    • Uphold
    • Forfeiture
    • Sentencing Hearing
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