Community-Based Corrections Programs Are More Cost Efficient Than Incarceration

question 2

True/False

Community-based corrections programs are more cost efficient than incarceration.

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Increasing Opportunity Costs

A principle stating that as the production of a good increases, the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit of this good also increases.

Bowed-Out Shape

Describes a concave production possibilities frontier that reflects increasing opportunity costs as production of one good is increased.

Attainable And Unattainable

Describes whether a certain state or outcome can be achieved with the available resources (attainable) or not (unattainable), often used in the context of production and economics.

Prices Of Commodities

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