CJC 111 – Week 10 Assignment
Clifford Landis
Chapter 9 Quiz
1. The goal of the sentencing doctrine called deterrence is to prevent future crimes by
“setting an example” with punishments for convicted criminals.
2. A sentencing doctrine known as rehabilitation suggests that offenders can be “treated”
for their criminal tendencies and possibly “cured” of them.
3. Indeterminate sentences set a minimum and maximum amount of time a convict must
spend behind bars, giving corrections officials the discretion to release the inmate
within that time period.
4. A determinate sentence indicates that exact length of incapacitation, minus possible
reductions for good time.
5. Mitigating circumstances can allow for a lighter sentence, while aggravating
circumstances can lead to the imposition of a harsher penalty.
6. Sentencing disparity occurs when similar crimes are punished with dissimilar sentences.
7. Sentencing discrimination is the result of judicial consideration of extralegal variables
such as the defendant’s race or gender.
8. With the aim of limiting judicial discretion, many states and the federal government
have enacted sentencing guidelines.
9. By a large margin, lethal injection is the most widespread method of execution in the
United States today.
10. Following the “norms and standards” guidelines it established with the Weems decision,
in 2005 the United States Supreme Court prohibited the execution of persons who were
juveniles at the time of their crime.