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Although crime rates in the U.S.began to decline in the mid-1990s,incarceration rates continued to increase into the 2000s.
Direct Cause
An immediate factor or event that directly leads to an outcome or effect.
Respondeat Superior
A legal doctrine holding that an employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment.
Subpoena Duces Tecum
Latin; a legal document that requires the recipient to bring certain written records to court to be used as evidence in a lawsuit.
Malfeasance
The performance of an act that is unlawful or wrongful by a public official or other person in power.
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