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This Philosophy of Punishment in Which the Primary Function of Imprisonment

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This philosophy of punishment in which the primary function of imprisonment and execution is seen as preventing a person from committing additional crimes is known as:


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Expected Value

The anticipated value of a variable, calculated as the sum of all possible values each multiplied by the probability of its occurrence.

Variance

An indicator of the distance between values in a dataset, reflecting how much each value deviates from the average.

Random Variable

An entity whose outcomes are numerical and stem from a random process.

Discrete Random Variable

A discrete random variable is one that takes on countable values, often resulting from outcomes of a statistical experiment.

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