Joanne Is Convicted of Her Third Break and Entering Offence

question 125

Multiple Choice

Joanne is convicted of her third break and entering offence in the past two years. At Joanne's sentencing hearing the Crown prosecutor focuses her argument upon what the length of the sentence should be, while the defence attorney looks specifically at Joanne's addiction and poor family environment and requests that his client be given probation so she can attend counselling in the community. What is the Crown prosecutor ignoring in her presentation?

• A)the social context of Joanne's behaviour
• B)the legal context of Joanne's criminal activities
• C)the "black letter" definition of crime
• D)the appropriate sentence of incarceration for Joanne

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Total Entropy

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The sum of all bond energies in a molecule, representing the energy needed to break all bonds in a molecule into separate atoms.