The Judge May Make Use of a Report in Order

question 80

Short Answer

The judge may make use of a report in order to understand the offender's background before
handing down a sentence.

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Definitions:

Primary Structure

The sequence of amino acids in a protein, determining its structure and function.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that describes the spread of a variable where most observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values farther from the mean taper off symmetrically.

Probability

Probability measures the likelihood of a given event occurring, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Cluster Sample

A sampling technique where the population is divided into groups, or clusters, and a sample of these clusters is selected to represent the population.