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_______________ refers to a variety of forms of detention, including combined or split sentences, jail, and any period of incarceration short of life imprisonment.

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Discuss the background of restoration and restorative justice and also cite examples of restorative justice around the world.

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Discuss the concern about the rising international imprisonment rates of women and minority groups worldwide.

Day fines were created in response to the concern that fines exact a heavier toll on the poor than on the wealthy.

The methods of corporal punishment most commonly used today are flogging, and in rare cases amputation.

Restoration involves the ____________, _________________, and _____________ working together to restore the victim and he community to its previous state.

Which of the following is not one of the purposes of criminal sanctions?

___________ are not popular in the United States as punishment for felonies or serious misdemeanors, despite their extensive use for minor crimes.

What are the limits of international prison data and what are some of the ways researches have suggested as possible ways to improve methods of collection and presentation of international prison data?

The international trend relative to the death penalty is:

Which of the following is not one of the limits of International Prison Data?

In the United States, probation began with the innovative work of Cesare Beccaria, a Boston boot maker who was the first person to post bail for defendants under authority of the Boston Police Court.

The World Prison Population List provides the number of prisoners in 218 independent countries and territories as of May 2011.

In China, prisoners are subject to institutions called ___________, which are believed to promote "thought reform through labor."

Of all the forms of supervising offenders in the community, house arrest is the most common.

One form of restitution used in Islamic countries is called ________, which is paid directly to the victim or his or her family as compensation.

In China, it is important that criminal offenders be persuaded to reform not for themselves but for the good of their family, village, and especially society.

Which of the purposes of criminal sanctions is practiced in all of our model countries?

Which of the following is not one of the possible reasons for why the United States appears to be moving towards abolition of the death penalty?

A recent trend in sentencing in a number of countries, which in some ways is one of the oldest sentencing methods, is called truth in sentencing.