Between 1992 and 2009, the Length of the Average Prison

question 49

True/False

Between 1992 and 2009, the length of the average prison sentence given by state courts increased.

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Definitions:

Disjunctures

Occurrences of disconnection or division between elements, ideas, or systems that were previously or conventionally linked.

Appadurai's Landscapes

Arjun Appadurai's concept of fluid, global cultural flows affecting identity, economy, and politics, categorized into ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes, and ideoscapes.

Nation-States

Political entities consisting of a clearly defined territory and a government that has sovereignty over its internal and foreign affairs.

Disjunctures

Points of disruption or disconnection within societal systems or between personal expectations and reality.