PSY 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Twelve Tables, Nolle Prosequi, Eastern State Penitentiary
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The overarching term for the institutions and methods that society uses to control the behavior of offenders is: law enforcement: corrections. Obj: 1: punishing the law violators provides beneficial consequences, punishment is deserved, punishment expresses public outrage, all of these. Punishment that is based on getting even for violating the social contract is known as: retribution, restitution. The state believes that in order for an offenders" behavior to change, punishment should: rehabilitation, deterrence. Ref: 6: occur before a trial, teach a lesson. Currently, public outrage dictates that offenders should suffer by: paying for their crimes, learning lessons. Ref: 6: serving short sentences, having charges dropped. Obj: 1: which is the goal of punishment that is designed to prevent others from committing similar crimes, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, restoration. Obj: 2: which goal of punishment promotes sentencing people to prison to restrain them physically so during the time they are confined society is protected, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, restoration.
