Sentencing Discrimination Occurs When Disparities Can Be Attributed To

question 4

Multiple Choice

Sentencing discrimination occurs when disparities can be attributed to:

• A) crimes of unequal seriousness.
• B) multiple felonies such as arson and fraud.
• C) legislatively determined guidelines.
• D) extralegal variables such as a defendant's race and gender.

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Definitions:

Logistic Regression

A statistical model used to predict the probability of a binary outcome based on one or more predictor variables.

Categorical

Relating to data that can be divided into specific groups or categories that are mutually exclusive.

Explanatory Variables

Variables in a statistical model that are thought to influence or predict changes in a response variable.

Binomial Outcome

A situation in statistics where an experiment or trial results in one of two outcomes, often termed success or failure.