Author Question: Differentiate between indeterminate and determinate sentences and their purposes. What will be an ... (Read 36 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

Differentiate between indeterminate and determinate sentences and their purposes.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are referred to as the

a. primary amendment.
b. civil rights amendments.
c. civil liberties amendments.
d. Bill of Rights.
e. Primary Liberties Bill.

ankilker · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Indeterminate sentences are meant to encourage inmates to engage in treatment programs by promising them early release if they can convince correctional authorities that they have been rehabilitated while in prison. Those convicted of criminal offenses are given a short minimum sentence that must be served and a lengthy maximum sentence that is the outer boundary of the time that can possibly be served; the underlying purpose of indeterminate sentencing is to individualize each sentence in the interests of rehabilitating the offender. Determinate sentences give the convicted criminal a set number of years to be served in prison; to ensure sentences are applied in a fair manner, sentencing guidelines based on the seriousness of a crime and the background of an offender are used; reflect an orientation toward just desserts, deterrence, and equality at the expense of treatment and rehabilitation.

Answer to Question 2

d