Regarding Prevention and Punishment

question 21

Multiple Choice

Regarding prevention and punishment

• A) while prevention is appealing, our efforts should focus on punishment since the war on crime cannot be won
• B) soft drug treatment programs are unable to prevent crime as effectively as tough sentencing policies such as the three-strikes law
• C) prevention was a fad crime policy, and we need to stick with a healthy diet of punishment
• D) this is arguably a false dichotomy since all crime policies are designed to prevent crime

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