Deck 20: Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

Question 1

Societies develop rules for which of the following?

A) Ensuring peace and order
B) Cultural survival
C) Predictability
D) all of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

A) Heritage of law
B) Heritage of language
C) Heritage of Culture
D) All of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Almost half of the world's nations use the _____ system.

A) criminal law
B) military law
C) administrative law
D) civil law

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Modern civil (or code) law began under Napoleon in:

A) 1800
B) 1804
C) 1808
D) 1812

Question 5

Which of the following countries had the highest democracy score?

A) The United States
B) Norway
C) Saudi Arabia
D) North Korea

Question 6

Which of the following countries represents the right balance between the rights of the accused (due process) and the protection of society (crime control)?

A) France
B) United States
C) Norway
D) North Korea

Question 7

The United Kingdom consists of how many countries?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 8

In what year was the National Offender Management Service formed?

A) 2000
B) 2004
C) 2008
D) 2012

Question 9

The United Kingdom eliminated the felony-misdemeanor distinction between crimes in:

A) 1960
B) 1964
C) 1966
D) 1970

Question 10

Magistrates sit in panels of:

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 11

Which of the following sentences is available in England and Wales?

A) Rehabilitation
B) Death
C) Treatment
D) Prison

Question 12

Probation in Britain began in:

A) 1800
B) 1823
C) 1841
D) 1956

Question 13

The French provided attorneys for indigent defendants more than ______ years before the United States did.

A) 20
B) 35
C) 50
D) 65

Question 14

Délits are classified as "second-tier" crimes, they are very serious offenses such as:

A) robbery
B) aggravated assault
C) sexual assault
D) All of these

Question 15

Contraventions are minor offenses tried in police courts and punishable only by fines up to ______ euros.

A) 1,000
B) 2,000
C) 3,000
D) 4,000

Question 16

Probation in France was not introduced until:

A) 1942
B) 1944
C) 1946
D) 1948

Question 17

France has ______ types of prisons.

A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight

Question 18

China operates under socialist law, a system that originated in ______.

A) 1910
B) 1917
C) 1926
D) 1945

Question 19

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

A) Death
B) Life imprisonment
C) Fixed term imprison
D) All of these

Question 20

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

A) juvenile delinquency
B) dereliction of duty
C) crimes of negligence
D) murder

Question 21

Chinese probation is only granted in about ______ of cases.

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 20%

Question 22

Public surveillance in China deprives individuals of:

A) freedom of speech
B) freedom of assembly
C) freedom of association
D) all of these

Question 23

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

A) one-fourth
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) three-fourths

Question 24

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

A) 35
B) 45
C) 55
D) 65

Question 25

Which of the following crimes are eligible for the death penalty in China?

A) Counterrevolutionary offenses
B) Hooliganism
C) Rape
D) all of these

Question 26

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

A) Mocking Islam
B) Making politically incorrect statements
C) Suspicion of homosexuality
D) all of these

Question 27

The least serious crimes under Islamic law are called ta'azir, which include:

A) consumption of pork
B) bribery
C) provocative dress
D) all of these

Question 28

Saudi Arabia officially executed ______ people in 2012.

A) 50
B) 76
C) 82
D) 91

Question 29

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

A) 15
B) 23
C) 36
D) 47

Question 30

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

A) South America
B) the United States
C) the Middle East
D) Scandinavian countries

Question 31

Islamic law characterizes offenses by the

A) the types of punishment they engender.
B) the impact on the victim.
C) the culpability of the offender.
D) the seriousness of the offense.

Question 32

Criminal law punishments in Saudi Arabia include

A) public beheading
B) stoning
C) amputation
D) all of these

Question 33

The punishment for adultery under Islamic law is

A) death
B) whipping - 80 lashes
C) amputation of hand
D) whipping - 100 lashes

Question 34

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

A) death
B) whipping - 80 lashes
C) amputation of hand
D) whipping - 100 lashes

Question 35

_____ crimes are the most serious in Islamic law.

A) Quesas
B) ta'azir
C) Huddud
D) Musta'galah

Question 36

_____ crimes are crimes against individuals rather than against God.

A) Quesas
B) ta'azir
C) Huddud
D) Musta'galah

Question 37

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

A) 9
B) 13
C) 19
D) 23

Question 38

In China, an immediate sentence is carried out within _____ days of imposition of the death penalty.

A) 3
B) 7
C) 14
D) 30

Question 39

The Chinese government claims that the switch in execution methods from firing squad to lethal injection was motivated by

A) economic concerns.
B) humanitarian concerns.
C) political concerns.
D) cultural concerns.

Question 40

Rules and the sanctions suffered by those accused and convicted of breaking them may differ significantly from society to society.

Question 41

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

Question 42

Both the United States and France share the common law system that evolved in France over many years ago.

Question 43

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

Question 44

China is the largest socialist legal system in the world.

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

Saudi Arabia the closest to a pure due process model.

Question 48

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy ruled by a democratically elected parliament.

Question 49

The United Kingdom is a federal state.

Question 50

In 2004, the correctional systems of England and Wales were placed under a single umbrella in the form of the National Offender Management Service.

Question 51

The United Kingdom uses the indictable-summary distinction.

Question 52

All magistrates have a law degree.

Question 53

Fines are the most common sentence in magistrate court.

Question 54

France in the European home of probation.

Question 55

Rising crime rates in the United Kingdom led to sustained public calls to "get tough on crime."

Question 56

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

Question 57

China is an authoritarian socialist state governed by a single political party.

Question 58

Sentences in China may also be supplemented by torture.

Question 59

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

Question 60

What is a code system?

Question 61

What is the NOMS system?

Question 62

What is a summary offence?

Question 63

What is an indictable offense?

Question 64

What types of sentences are available in England and Wales?

Question 65

How many types of death sentences are there in China?

Question 66

How are prisons in England and Wales categorized?

Question 67

What three national institutions oversee prisoners' rights in the United Kingdom?

Question 68

What legal system is used by France?

Question 69

How do French offenses compare to that of the United States?

Question 70

Why did the authors identify France as the right balance between protecting the rights of the accused and protecting the rights and concerns of the community?

Question 71

Why are PSI's not necessary in France?

Question 72

What types of prisons does France currently run?

Question 73

What impact has Confucianism had on China's legal system?

Question 74

Why are sentences more predictable in England and Wales than in the United States?