2.16: 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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