Exam 20: Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

The goals and practices of other countries' correctional systems may depart significantly from ours.

The death penalty may be applied for ______ different offenses in China.

Saudi Arabia's rate of execution is at least ______ times higher than the U.S. rate.

Upon conviction in China, the person may be sentenced to which of the following?

Parole in Chinese law exists for offenders who have completed at least ______ of their sentences.

Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian absolute monarchy that follows English common law.

Saudi Arabia's rate of execution is at least ______ times higher than the U.S. rate.

Judges in code countries cannot "make law" by precedent as they can in common law countries.

In China, probation is typically granted for all of the following except

France is a unitary democratic country that has a civil law tradition.

In what year was the National Offender Management Service formed?

Civil law is by far the most unpopular system of law in the world today.

Under Islamic law, alcohol consumption can result in a punishment of ______, after third offense.

If we look for "softness" in criminal sanctions, we should look no further than the

The United States shared which of the following with the United Kingdom?

The United States is arguably the closest to a pure crime control model.

Probation in France was not introduced until:

Individuals held for years in Saudi Arabia are usually there for which of the following offenses?

France in the European home of probation.

Sentences in China may also be supplemented by torture.