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How many states currently have three strikes laws on their books?

What state has the highest parole revocation rate in the country?

Texas

California

Alabama

What type of sentencing is founded on a belief in rehabilitation?

Indeterminate

Determinate

Mandatory Minimums

The adult incarceration rate in Europe is 102 per 100,000. What is the US rate?

184/100,000

702/100,000

76/100,000

What % of California Youth Authority graduates are re-arrested within three years?

45%

68%

91%

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That is incorrect!

Source: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Dept of Justice 1997

Source: US Dept of Justice

Source: Sentencing Project

Source: NIJ

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