The goal of sentencing that aims to prevent the offender and/or others from committing future crimes is called:Group of answer choicesIncapacitationRetributionRestorationDeterrenceProbation

Which of the following are the objectives of the fundamental purpose of sentencing? Group of answer choices Deter offenders/people from committing offences. To assist in rehabilitation. To denounce unlawful conduct. All of the above

Of the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing, _________________ is based on the belief that a wrongdoer who has freely chosen to violate society’s rules must be punished for the infractionGroup of answer choicesrehabilitationincapacitationretributiondeterence

Reading about criminal trials in newspapers or watching them on television is likely to instill a fear of punishment in people and prevent them from engaging in similar acts of crime. In the context of the goals of punishment, this is an example of __________.Group of answer choicesgeneral deterrencespecific deterrenceretributionrehabilitation

Many studies have shown that, on release, offenders may be more likely to commit crimes than before they were imprisoned. In that case, ______________ may increase likelihood of crime, rather than diminish it.Group of answer choicesRetributionDeterenceIncapacitationGeneral Deterence

__________________________ not only relieve the pressure on overloaded courts and overcrowded jails and prisons, but also spare low-risk, nonviolent offenders the “collateral consequences” of a conviction, as described in the opening of this chapter.Group of answer choicesDiversion programsParoleVocational trainingG.E.D. program