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STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 6 Sentencing
Dr. Bellas
1. True or False: Three strikes you’re out laws are a recent sentencing innovation.
a. True
b. False
2. _______________ is the Supreme Court case that decided that mandatory crack penalties
were advisory in nature and judges could take into account sentencing disparities related
to different types of drugs.
3. True or False: Racial disparities in sentencing have only been found in studies focusing
on felony sentencing.
a. True
b. False
4. The “get tough” approaches to crime includes all of the following except.
a. Determinate sentencing
b. Three-strikes-and-you’re-out legislation
c. Truth-in sentencing laws
d. Indeterminate sentencing
5. True or False: Once the Federal Sentencing Guidelines were enacted in 1984, federal
parole was eliminated.
a. True
b. False
6. True or False: The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy was officially
established under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.
a. True
b. False
7. Which sentencing philosophy is not tied to the conservative approach or crime control
model?
a. Incapacitation
b. Retribution
c. Deterrence
d. Restorative Justice
8. True or False: Bill Clinton was the president who pushed to equalize the crack-cocaine
and powder cocaine sentences.
a. True
b. False
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STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 6 Sentencing
Dr. Bellas
9. True or False: Recent court cases have made a large number of prisoners convicted of
crack-cocaine offenses eligible for early release.
a. True
b. False
10. True or False: Asian Americans have greater representation in the judiciary than African
Americans.
a. True
b. False
11. The ________________________ was enacted to keep violent offenders in prison for at
least 85% of their sentence.
12. An increasing finding in studies of both state and federal courts is that
_______________ are receiving the harshest sentences.
a. Asian Americans
b. Hispanic Americans
c. African Americans
d. Native Americans
13. True or False: The sentencing process has considerable potential for discrimination and
errors.
a. True
b. False
14. True or False: Most people convicted of felonies in the U.S. are on probation.
a. True
b. False
15. True or False: Sentencing guidelines have been created to “equalize” or reduce the
disparities in the sentencing process
a. True
b. False
16. True or False: Recent research has shown that Asians are sentenced more harshly than
Blacks and Hispanics.
a. True
b. False
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STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 6 Sentencing
Dr. Bellas
17. According to three-strikes-you’re-out legislation, after the third strike or felony charge
the offender is charged with _____________________.
a. 5 – 10 years
b. probation
c. intermediate sentencing
d. 25 to life.
18. True or False: The War on Drugs has been shown to effectively reduce drug use in the
United States.
a. True
b. False
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