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Providing a comprehensive account of prison populations worldwide, this new work links prison statistics from the last 15 years with considerations of how prisons and prison populations are managed. It is a major contribution to the knowledge of those currently debating prisons and the use of imprisonment.

Midwifery in the developed world is in a state of ferment and change - a phenomenon referred to as the "new midwifery." Nowhere is this state of change more apparent than in Canada. Reconceiving Midwifery offers state-of-the-art analyses of the new midwifery as it is practiced in this country.

This article aims to understand the dynamics between Chinese and Brazilian legal systems about money laundering prosecution in default judgments and its implementation in international legal cooperation. Therefore, both legal basis are analyzed and common dispositions studied for the complete comprehension in how China and Brazil can act in complementary ways. To conclude, the article demonstrates that a trial in absentia may prevent extradition for serving a sentence, if a new trial is not ensured in the requesting country. On the other hand, if extradition is used for the accused to respond to the process, the purpose of the act is precisely to prevent default. Likewise, for the other cases of assistance, if the default has been operated in compliance with the legislation of the requesting country, there will be no impediment to cooperation.