During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s, an Unusual Political

question 7

Multiple Choice

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, an unusual political coalition developed between liberals and conservatives. Both sides found considerable fault in existing sentencing practices. Although their reasons reflected fundamentally different concerns, liberals and conservatives defined the problem in similar terms: The criminal laws permitted too much latitude in sentencing, providing judges with little or no guidance on how to determine the proper sentence for each individual case.
-Adherents of the crime control model were not concerned with

• A)excessive discretion.
• B)undue leniency.
• C)disparity.
• D)lenient parole boards.

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