Reduced Sentences for ______ Have Helped Reduce Correctional Populations

question 39

Multiple Choice

Reduced sentences for ______ have helped reduce correctional populations.

• A) crack cocaine
• B) violent crimes
• C) property crimes
• D) drug trafficking

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Definitions:

Unconscious Motives

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Sociohistorical Context

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Civil Rights Movement

A historic social and political movement in the United States, aiming at gaining equal rights and eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, prominently during the 1950s and 1960s.

Psychological Principles

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