The Decarceration Movement Seeks to

question 23

Multiple Choice

The decarceration movement seeks to

• A) require mandatory sentencing, so that everyone accused of the same crime receives the same punishment
• B) increase the number of public defenders so that poor people accused of crimes are better represented
• C) reduce the number of people in prisons
• D) prohibit people with felony records from having the right to vote

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A type of memory that holds a small amount of information for a short period of time, usually 20-30 seconds.

Chunking

A memory strategy involving organizing or grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit, making it easier to remember.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that enables people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of the previous experiences influencing those actions.

Context-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where people recall information better when the recall situation is similar to the encoding situation.