CRJ 306 Race, Ethnicity and Crime Final Exam | 50 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

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To be fair, a sentencing scheme must allow the judge or jury ____ to shape sentences to fit individuals and their crimes. - ✔✔discretion Evidence concerning the impact of state sentencing reform... s is: - ✔✔inconsistent Reviews of sentencing studies from the 1930s through the 1960s found that most were: - ✔✔methodologically flawed Most sentencing research examines the sentences imposed on offenders convicted of: - ✔✔felonies Reformers challenged the ____ of intermediate sentencing - ✔✔underlying principles Sentencing guidelines focus sentencing on the nature and seriousness of the offense and the ____ of the offender - ✔✔culpability As a result of ____, the death penalty statutes in 39 states were invalidated - ✔✔Furman v. Georgia (1972) The task of assessing the effect of race on sentencing is complicated by the ____, which critics contend has been fought primarily in minority communities - ✔✔war on drugs [Show More]

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