the propostition that the use of capital punishment actually increases the crime rate by senfing a message that it is acceptable to kill those who have wronged us
chemical castration
the use of injections of a female hormone into male rapists as a method of lowering their sex drive
death qualitification
requiring prospective jurors to answer voir dire questions about their attitudes toward the death penalty in order to exclude persons whose views on capital punishment would prevent them from performing their sworn duty as jurors
declaritive knowledge
juror's understanding of legal concepts
determinate sentencing
the provision of strict limits for the sentences that judges can give for particular crimes
intermediate sanctions
a probationary sanction, tailored to the offernder, with rehabilitation deterrence and restitution as its goals
mitigating factors
factors that lessen the degree of guilt in a criminal offense and thus affect the nature of the punishment
a person for whom sexual arousal and gratification are dependent of fantasizing about and engaging in sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme; likely to reoffend
pedophile
a person who derives sexual gratification from sexual contact with children
policy capturing
research to determine policy preferences andf inclinations
(the onjectives that ordinary people believe punishment should achieve)
procedural knowledge
juror's ability to know what to do to reach a decision
restorative justice
programs to reconcile offenders with their victims
retributive
the notion that punishment should be inflicted on a person who has taken something from another
sentencing disparity
the tendency of different judges to administer a variety of penalities for the same crime
shaming penalty
a criminal sanction designed to embarrass an offender by publicizing the offence
surgical castration
removal of the testes to reduce the male sex drive
utilitarian
the notion that criminal sentences should be designed to accomplish a useful outcome