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Sentencing decisions are based on the crime and also take into consideration the attributions of the criminal. One question that is sometimes asked during sentencing hearings is whether the personality of the criminal has an influence on his or her criminal behavior. According to the text, what is being assessed is referred to as:


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Judicial System

The system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state or country.

Appeals

The process of asking a higher authority or court to review and change the outcome of a decision.

Dominance Structuring

The psychological process through which humans achieve confidence in their decisions. The four phases of dominance structuring are pre-editing, identifying one promising option, testing that promising option for dominance, and structuring the dominance of the option selected.

Psychological Process

Pertains to the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functions and activities of the mind.

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