A major report required of a probation officer is used at the time of sentencing by the judge is known as the:

The most common form of criminal sanction during the 20th century was:

The sentence requiring a certain number of years of incarceration for particular crimes is a(n):

Short-term incarceration followed by a period of probation is called:

Sentence types and lengths are typically created by a:

The purpose of ___________ programs is to prevent a novice offender from being stigmatized and labeled by the justice system while at the same time sparing the public the cost of unneeded criminal justice processing.

Which goal of punishment promotes sentencing people to prison to restrain them physically, so that during the time they are confined society is protected?

One or more sentences imposed at the same time and served one after the other are called:

Truth-in-sentencing laws require inmates to serve what percentage of their sentence?

The interpretation of laws is done by the ____________________ branch of government.