How Can Increasing Penalties for Particular Crimes Result in Over-Punishment

question 29

Short Answer

How can increasing penalties for particular crimes result in over-punishment?

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Definitions:

Beliefs Regarding Same Sex Marriage

Opinions or convictions individuals hold about the legality and acceptability of marriage between individuals of the same sex.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated to determine its effects on a dependent variable in an experimental setting.

Nominal

A scale of measurement used to label variables without a quantitative value, categorizing data without a natural order or ranking.

Research Hypotheses

Statements made by researchers that predict a relationship between variables, to be tested by scientific research.