Answer — Exercise 9
8 - Behind bars·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. Discuss why you think each of the things below was mentioned. Then listen again to check your ideas.
Answer
- public opinion often wants harsher punishment
- percentages who re-offend in Europe, Denmark / Sweden / Finland, and Norway
- Norway has no death penalty
- 21 years is the maximum sentence
- prisoners learn skills such as plumbing in jail
- liberal attitudes may seem shocking to some, but have had positive results in Norway