Exam 9: After Conviction: The Problem of Prison

Probation is called public surveillance in China, and it can be imposed from three months to two years and requires that the offender report regularly to the local public security agency.

The crime control model assumes that criminal behavior can be controlled by:

The use of arbitrary arrest and incarceration, torture, and corporal and capital punishment have been said to be common in both criminal and political cases in which of our model countries?

In Japan, much like the Chinese system, offenders progress through a system that allows them more privileges and freedoms as they successfully serve their sentence.

The American prison system developed in response to the arbitrary and cruel corporal punishments that were inflicted on offenders in previous eras in the hope that they would deter others from crime.

__________________ is the single most pressing problem faced by prison systems across the world today.

Which is the most commonly used sanctions for crimes in Japan?

In 1955 the ________________ developed what has become the most well-known of prison guidelines, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.

The French have tried to deal with the problem of increasing incarceration rates through the office of juges de l' application des peines (corrections judges)

The United States is clearly the leader in incarceration rates.

________________________ represent a way to bring outsiders into the prisons to help with problems of administration and discipline.

The population reduction strategy calls for the use of prisons only for violent offenders who have not been deterred by other punishments.

In what federal case was it decided that prisoners could sue state officials over prison conditions, poor treatment, or the denial of basic rights in the United States?

Which of the following is not one of the three features that strongly support the heavy use of rehabilitative philosophy in Germany?

Discuss the placement of supranational criminals.

In Germany ________________ allows inmates to receive private visits from their spouses and children for four hours every two months.

One way in which the construction strategy has been advanced in the United States and,, more recently in other countries has been through the development of _________________, which are correctional institutions operated by private firms on behalf of governments.

_________________________ is a form of punishment in the People's Republic of China that allows authorities to impose fines and incarcerate people without the benefit of a trial and formal adjudication as criminals.

Dutch courts were believed to be the first to regularly substitute imprisonment for corporal punishments.The term used to describe this sentence was_______________, which included all forms of incarceration.

In the postwar years, France moved from an emphasis on prison reform to a generally harsher philosophy on punishment.