Introduction to Criminal Justice

Chapter 9: Sentencing, Appeals, and the Death Penalty

Self-Check Quizzes

1
From biblical times through the eighteenth century, ____ was the dominant justification for punishment.
A)retribution
B)restoration
C)rehabilitation
D)deterrence
2
Before the Supreme Court's 1991 decision, ____ were considered irrelevant and potentially inflammatory and were not allowed.
A)determinate sentences
B)specific and general deterrence
C)victim-impact statements
D)indeterminate sentences
3
Generally, a presentence investigation report (PSI) is prepared by a:
A)defendant.
B)prosecutor.
C)judge.
D)probation officer.
4
Before 1968, the only issues the Supreme Court considered in relation to capital punishment concerned:
A)the constitutionality of executing juveniles.
B)the means of administering the death penalty.
C)the constitutionality of executing women.
D)the constitutional provision against cruel and unusual punishment.
5
More than half of the 1,063 executions that have taken place in the United States since 1977 (as of February 28, 2007) have occurred in just three states. Which of the following is NOT one of those three states?
A)Virginia
B)Georgia
C)Texas
D)Oklahoma
6
____ factors or circumstances are facts or situations that increase the blameworthiness for a criminal act.
A)Polarizing
B)Aggravating
C)Stigmatizing
D)Mitigating
7
From which of the following sources does the federal government's Crime Victims Fund receive its funding?
A)annual congressional appropriations
B)fees for federal gun registration
C)fines and penalties paid by federal criminal offenders
D)all of the above
8
Which of the following is NOT a right granted to crime victims in at least some jurisdictions?
A)the right to be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect
B)the right to confer with the prosecutor
C)the right to notice of the offender's release
D)all of the above are rights
9
For which of the following uses do laws specify that restitution may NOT be court ordered?
A)medical expenses
B)lost wages
C)counseling expenses
D)it may be ordered for all of these uses
10
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court in 2002 rule that jurors and not judges must determine whether death is the appropriate penalty in a capital case.
A)Ring v. Arizona
B)Atkins v. Virginia
C)Furman v. Georgia
D)Gregg v. Georgia
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