Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The effort to professionalize corrections has yielded consistent fruit.
2. Russia is the only other developed nation that gets close in its incarceration rate to the United States.
3. It is clear why sentencing length has decreased at the same time more punitive policies have been put into place.
4. The drug war has helped to increase the rates of female and racial and ethnic minority populations in prison.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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