In the US, Most People Who Are Arrested Are Not Prosecuted or Prosecuted

question 100

Multiple Choice

In the U.S., most people who are arrested are not prosecuted or jailed; furthermore those who are jailed often do not serve their full time. However, the U.S. is the world's number one jailer as well as the only industrialized nation with the death penalty. This simultaneous contradiction illustrates

• A) the retribution fallacy
• B) the structural functionalist view
• C) the both/and perspective
• D) the criminal justice perspective

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