In an Effort to Eliminate the Inequities of Disparity by Removing

question 40

Multiple Choice

In an effort to eliminate the inequities of disparity by removing judicial bias from the sentencing process,many states and the federal government have turned to ____,which require judges to dispense legislatively determined sentences based on factors such as the seriousness of the crime and the offender's prior record.

• A) Mandatory sentencing laws
• B) Indeterminate sentencing laws
• C) Sentencing guidelines
• D) Truth-in-sentencing laws

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Definitions:

Poisson Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Successes Achieved

The accomplishments or favorable outcomes attained in a given project, experiment, or other endeavors.

Random Sample

A subset of individuals chosen from a larger set, where each individual has an equal probability of being chosen, ensuring the sample’s representation of the entire population.

Without Replacement

A sampling method where each selected unit is not put back into the population before the next draw, meaning no unit can be selected more than once.