The Most Important Force Contributing to the Imprisonment Boom Has

question 35

Multiple Choice

The most important force contributing to the imprisonment boom has been

• A) the implicit racism of the justice system
• B) the recent trend of directing crime policy efforts toward white-collar rather than street crime
• C) a popular belief that the justice system has been and still is soft on crime
• D) the lack of funding for representation of the accused in court

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