The Criticism That Intermediate Sanctions Designed to Divert Offenders from Prison

question 107

Multiple Choice

The criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control and surveillance of the American corrections system is known as what?

• A) diversion
• B) reintegration
• C) scared straight
• D) widening the net

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TED Spread

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