There Is Just No Way to Predict If an Offender

question 24

Multiple Choice

There is just no way to predict if an offender will be caught and punishment enforced, let alone how punishment will be administered. This demonstrates:

• A) Punishment is not always swift
• B) Punishment is not always certain
• C) Punishment is not always proportional
• D) Offenders are always aware of punishments

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Definitions:

Macro-Social Factors

Large-scale social forces and structures that influence societies and individual behaviors and outlooks.

Peremptory Challenges

In the legal system, these are the rights for attorneys to reject certain jurors without stating a reason, used in jury selection to attempt to ensure an impartial jury.

Potential Jurors

Individuals who are eligible and may be called to serve as jurors in a court of law, typically selected from the general population.

Batson V. Kentucky

A landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the exclusion of jurors based on race violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.