A Politician Is Interested in Implementing a Statewide Welfare Reform

question 50

Multiple Choice

A politician is interested in implementing a statewide welfare reform program. By providing welfare recipients with extensive job training, she believes that the number of welfare recipients will decrease. As a side benefit, she also believes that the crime rate will drop. In response, a researcher argues that the crime rate would indeed drop; however, the cost of this drop would be too high. Other cheaper alternatives could be utilized to reduce the level of crime. This researcher's work is an evaluation of ______.

• A) need
• B) process
• C) impact
• D) efficiency

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Definitions:

Perpetual Storage

the concept of storing something indefinitely, often used in the context of waste management or carbon sequestration.

Incineration

The process of burning waste materials to reduce their volume and mass and sometimes to generate energy, though it can produce harmful emissions.

Incineration

The process of burning waste materials to reduce their volume and mass, and sometimes to generate energy.

Solid-Waste

Waste comprising of non-liquid materials that come from residential, industrial, and commercial sources.