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Chapter 20: Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Societies develop rules for which of the following?
a. Ensuring peace and order
b. Cultural survival
c. Predictability
d. all of these
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Medium
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
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Almost half of the world’s nations use the _____ system.
a. criminal law
b. military law
c. administrative law
d. civil law
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Modern civil (or code) law began under Napoleon in:
a. 1800
b. 1804
c. 1808
d. 1812
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following countries had the highest democracy score?
a. The United States
b. Norway
c. Saudi Arabia
d. North Korea
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The United Kingdom consists of how many countries?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. In what year was the National Offender Management Service formed?
a. 2000
b. 2004
c. 2008
d. 2012
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The United Kingdom eliminated the felony-misdemeanor distinction between crimes in:
a. 1960
b. 1964
c. 1966
d. 1970
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Magistrates sit in panels of:
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which of the following sentences is available in England and Wales?
a. Rehabilitation
b. Death
c. Treatment
d. Prison
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Probation in Britain began in:
a. 1800
b. 1823
c. 1841
d. 1956
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Community Corrections in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The French provided attorneys for indigent defendants more than ______ years before the United States did.
a. 20
b. 35
c. 50
d. 65
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: France and the Civil-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in France
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in France
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Probation in France was not introduced until:
a. 1942
b. 1944
c. 1946
d. 1948
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Community Corrections in France
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. France has ______ types of prisons.
a. two
b. four
c. six
d. eight
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisons in France
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. China operates under socialist law, a system that originated in ______.
a. 1910
b. 1917
c. 1926
d. 1945
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: China and the Socialist-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sentencing in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Chinese Community Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. Chinese probation is only granted in about ______ of cases.
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 15%
d. 20%
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chinese Community Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. Public surveillance in China deprives individuals of:
a. freedom of speech
b. freedom of assembly
c. freedom of association
d. all of these
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chinese Community Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chinese Community Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. The death penalty may be applied for ______ different offenses in China.
a. 35
b. 45
c. 55
d. 65
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Medium
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
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic-Law System
Difficulty Level: Medium
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. Saudi Arabia officially executed ______ people in 2012.
a. 50
b. 76
c. 82
d. 91
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Is the United States Hard or Soft on Crime?
Difficulty Level: Easy
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.
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Criminal law punishments in Saudi Arabia include
a. public beheading
b. stoning
c. amputation
d. all of these
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. The punishment for adultery under Islamic law is
a. death
b. whipping – 80 lashes
c. amputation of hand
d. whipping – 100 lashes
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. _____ crimes are the most serious in Islamic law.
a. Quesas
b. ta’azir
c. Huddud
d. Musta’galah
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. _____ crimes are crimes against individuals rather than against God.
a. Quesas
b. ta’azir
c. Huddud
d. Musta’galah
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Learning Objective: 20-7
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Saudi Punishments
Difficulty Level: Easy
38. _____ is the world’s leader in the number of executions each year.
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Mexico
c. China
d. United States
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
39. In China, an immediate sentence is carried out within _____ days of imposition of the death penalty.
a. 3
b. 7
c. 14
d. 30
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
40. 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.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. Rules and the sanctions suffered by those accused and convicted of breaking them may differ significantly from society to society.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The goals and practices of other countries’ correctional systems may depart significantly from ours.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Both the United States and France share the common law system that evolved in France over many years ago.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Civil law is by far the most unpopular system of law in the world today.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. China is the largest socialist legal system in the world.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Judges in code countries cannot “make law” by precedent as they can in common law countries.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The United States is arguably the closest to a pure crime control model.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Saudi Arabia the closest to a pure due process model.
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy ruled by a democratically elected parliament.
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. The United Kingdom is a federal state.
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. In 2004, the correctional systems of England and Wales were placed under a single umbrella in the form of the National Offender Management Service.
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. The United Kingdom uses the indictable-summary distinction.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. All magistrates have a law degree.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Fines are the most common sentence in magistrate court.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. France in the European home of probation.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Community Corrections in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Rising crime rates in the United Kingdom led to sustained public calls to “get tough on crime.”
Learning Objective: 20-3: Explain the reasons for the radical shift in U.K. and French corrections policies since the 1990s.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisons in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. France is a unitary democratic country that has a civil law tradition.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: France and the Civil-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. China is an authoritarian socialist state governed by a single political party.
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: China and the Socialist-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Sentences in China may also be supplemented by torture.
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in China
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian absolute monarchy that follows English common law.
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. What is a code system?
Learning Objective: 20-1: Discuss why a comparative perspective is important.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Comparative Corrections
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. What is the NOMS system?
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United Kingdom and the Common-Law System
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. What is a summary offence?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What is an indictable offense?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. What types of sentences are available in England and Wales?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. How many types of death sentences are there in China?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Death Penalty in China
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. How are prisons in England and Wales categorized?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisons in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. What three national institutions oversee prisoners’ rights in the United Kingdom?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisons in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. What legal system is used by France?
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: France and the Civil-Law System
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. How do French offenses compare to that of the United States?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in France
Difficulty Level: Hard
Essay
1. 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?
Learning Objective: 20-2: Describe the important differences between the various legal systems in terms of how they impact correctional systems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: France and the Civil-Law System
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Why are PSI’s not necessary in France?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in France
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. What types of prisons does France currently run?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisons in France
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What impact has Confucianism had on China’s legal system?
Learning Objective: 20-5: Identify the role that the combination of Confucianism and communism plays in informing China’s correctional policies.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sentencing in China
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Why are sentences more predictable in England and Wales than in the United States?
Learning Objective: 20-4: Explain the basic difference between Anglo-American common law and the code systems of France, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sentencing in England and Wales
Difficulty Level: Easy
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