The Sentencing Commission's Evaluation of Federal Sentencing Guidelines Tells Us

question 9

Multiple Choice

The Sentencing Commission's evaluation of federal sentencing guidelines tells us that

• A) this prediction instrument is more accurate at predicting chronic offending than what judges were able to do
• B) this carefully designed prediction instrument is currently the most accurate method for predicting chronic offending
• C) people with longer prior records are more likely to commit future crime than people with shorter prior records
• D) prediction instruments are unnecessary, because chronic offenders are easily identified based on prior record and the seriousness of offense

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Definitions:

Labor

The combined physical and mental exertion employed in creating goods and services.

Marginal Physical Product

The change in total physical output that results from a one-unit increase in the quantity of one input, holding other inputs constant.

Marginal Revenue Product

The extra income derived from the use of an additional unit of a resource or input in production.

Input

Resources such as labor, materials, and capital that are used in the production process to create goods and services.