Sentencing Guidelines Were Prompted by the Growing Interest in ______

question 17

Multiple Choice

Sentencing guidelines were prompted by the growing interest in ______ theory.

• A)retribution
• B)utilitarian
• C)incapacitation
• D)just deserts

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Relating to an order or sequence; typically referring to data that can be ranked but the intervals between values are not uniform.

Negatively Skewed

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter, indicating that the bulk of the values are concentrated on the right.

Proportion

A statistical measure indicating the fraction of a whole that is made up by a certain characteristic or subset.

Negatively Skewed

Refers to a distribution or data set where the tail is longer on the left side of the distribution's peak, indicating that the mass of the distribution is concentrated on the right.