This Process Identifies Those Inmates Who Are of Particular Concern

question 5

Multiple Choice

This process identifies those inmates who are of particular concern to public safety and provides them with much longer sentences than would be given to other inmates.

• A) General incapacitation
• B) General deterrence
• C) Selective deterrence
• D) Selective incapacitation

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Definitions:

Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter in both the central and peripheral nervous systems that plays an important role in muscle contraction and sensory processing.

Excitatory Neurotransmitter

A type of neurotransmitter that promotes the generation of an electrical signal called an action potential in receiving neurons.

Glutamate

An amino acid that functions as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain

All-Or-None Response

The principle that no variation exists in the strength of a single action potential; only a stimulus strong enough to depolarize the membrane to its critical threshold level results in transmission of an action potential.