Sentencing Has Various Goals That Often Overlap and

question 97

Multiple Choice

Sentencing has various goals that often overlap and

• A)may not be consistent with each other.
• B)are always consistent with each other.
• C)are never consistent with each other.
• D)None of the answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies employed by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Reaction Formation

A psychological defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously replaces unacceptable thoughts or feelings with their opposites.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory, occurring from about ages 3 to 6, where the libido's focus is on the genital area.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory that proposes that child development occurs in a series of stages which are characterized by sexual pleasures focusing on different parts of the body.