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

1. Punitive policies vastly increase the use of all forms of corrections.
2. We have proportionately more crimes these days than at any other period in our history.
3. Offenders sentenced to prison have more than quadrupled from 1980 to 2009.
4. Our use of corrections is greatly in sync with what most other countries are doing.


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

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