8.4. Incapacitation
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What is the primary goal of incapacitation as a philosophy of punishment?
View answer and explanationIn the context of British history, what were 'Hulks'?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, during which decade did punishment become a significantly more political topic in the United States, leading to 'tough on crime' campaigns?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'collective incapacitation' refer to?
View answer and explanationThe 'politicization of punishment' led to rapid growth in the prison population. The text identifies two ways this occurred: changing views toward discretion and what other factor?
View answer and explanationWhat is the core principle of the 'selective incapacitation' philosophy?
View answer and explanationDuring which period were 'three-strikes' policies implemented as a more specific form of incapacitation?
View answer and explanationWhat was the stated point of using Hulks to banish convicted individuals in British history?
View answer and explanationThe text describes a 'definite shift' in incapacitation strategies. What direction did this shift take?
View answer and explanationWhat is one of the criticisms of incapacitation strategies mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationWhat was a primary driver for lawmakers and justicians to campaign on 'toughness on crime' starting in the 1950s?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is an example of an incapacitative ideology?
View answer and explanationDuring which decades was the increasing use of punishment by prison sentences most greatly exacerbated in the United States?
View answer and explanationWhat effect did the 'politicization of punishment' have on the intake-to-release ratio in prisons?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary difference between collective incapacitation and selective incapacitation?
View answer and explanationWhat kind of policies were 'three-strikes' laws intended to be?
View answer and explanationHow do policymakers sometimes promote the utility of selective and collective incapacitation, according to the text?
View answer and explanationWhat do future styles of selective incapacitation include, as mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationThe text concludes by questioning the effectiveness of incapacitation policies and their cost, leading into a discussion of what alternative punishment ideology?
View answer and explanationIncapacitation is rooted in what historical concept mentioned at the beginning of the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat has been the primary consequence of sending offenders away for longer sentences, as described in the text?
View answer and explanationWhat is the subject of the academic reference cited as Blokland & Nieuwbeerta (2007)?
View answer and explanationWhy does the text state there are 'mixed feelings' about selective and collective incapacitation?
View answer and explanationThe chapter on incapacitation serves as a prelude to the discussion of which other main punishment ideology?
View answer and explanationWhich statement best summarizes the impact of the 'politicization of punishment' on sentencing discretion?
View answer and explanationThe text suggests a shift from the 'insignificance of collective incapacitation' to a more selective approach. What does 'insignificance' likely mean in this context?
View answer and explanationWhat type of offender was more likely to be sentenced to prison rather than a community sanction alternative due to the 'politicization of punishment'?
View answer and explanationThe chapter's concluding questions—'does it work? And, at what cost?'—are raised in the context of what specific policies?
View answer and explanationThe incapacitative ideology, which followed a particular design for several decades, culminated in what specific type of policies in the early 1990s?
View answer and explanationThe chapter implies a primary reason for the shift from collective to selective incapacitation was a desire to do what?
View answer and explanationWhat ideology is based on the removal of an individual from society for a set duration to prevent future criminal acts?
View answer and explanationThe text mentions 'three-strikes' policies as a form of what kind of incapacitation?
View answer and explanationWhat was the main reason cited for the 'enormous buildups of the prison population' during the 'tough on crime' era?
View answer and explanationWhich statement best reflects the perspective on incapacitation offered by its critics, as mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationThe 'politicization of punishment' in the 1950s was characterized by a focus on what?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text identify as a future evolution of selective incapacitation strategies?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary function of the historical 'Hulks' as described in the chapter?
View answer and explanationThe concept of 'collective incapacitation' is best described as a strategy that is...
View answer and explanationA key reason for the rapid growth in the US prison population in the 1980s and 1990s was that attitudes led to what kind of punishments?
View answer and explanationThe text states that in the shift from collective to selective incapacitation, there is now a more _____ approach.
View answer and explanationWhat is the fundamental purpose of incapacitation that distinguishes it from deterrence?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text suggest about the effectiveness of policies like selective incapacitation?
View answer and explanationThe rapid growth in the US prison population was partly due to more people being sentenced to prison who previously might have received what?
View answer and explanationWhich of these policies is the best example of selective incapacitation?
View answer and explanationWhat is the relationship between the 'fear of crime' and the 'politicization of punishment' as described in the text?
View answer and explanationThe text suggests that the shift to a more selective approach to incapacitation represents a move away from what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the time frame for the incapacitative ideology that 'followed this design for several decades' before the implementation of three-strikes policies?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following best describes the goal of selective incapacitation?
View answer and explanationThe chapter implies that the main audience for 'tough on crime' political campaigns were people motivated by what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the final question posed by the text before transitioning to the chapter on rehabilitation?
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