______________________ Is the Concept That a Penalty for a Crime

question 55

Short Answer

______________________ is the concept that a penalty for a crime may prompt commission of a marginally more severe crime because that crime receives the same magnitude of punishment as the original one.

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Definitions:

Negatively Related

A term used to describe two variables that move in opposite directions; as one increases, the other decreases.

Same Direction

A term indicating that two or more variables move in tandem, either increasing or decreasing together.

Y-variable

In statistical modeling and experiments, the dependent variable that is influenced or predicted by another variable (X-variable), used to measure outcomes or results.

Opposite Directions

A term indicating movements or trends that are diametrically contrary to each other in a physical or metaphorical sense.