Sentencing Is Not Necessarily Clear-Cut

question 51

Multiple Choice

Sentencing is not necessarily clear-cut. According to the text, criminal behaviors that can be attributed to stable, controllable causes appear to receive the _____ punishment.

• A) lightest
• B) three-strikes
• C) mandatory
• D) harshest

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Definitions:

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Gross Income

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Alimony

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Decree Of Divorce

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