For the Better Part of the Past Three Decades, the American

question 30

Multiple Choice

For the better part of the past three decades, the American criminal justice system has mostly rejected many of the principles of rehabilitation as a philosophical reason for punishment in favor of other, more __________, strategies.

• A) community based
• B) restorative
• C) regulatory
• D) punitive

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Definitions:

Higher Education

An optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after the completion of secondary education, usually at colleges or universities.

Joe McCarthy's Downfall

The decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy's career, largely due to his unsubstantiated and aggressive tactics of accusing people of communism, resulting in censure by the Senate in 1954.

Army-McCarthy Hearings

A series of Congressional hearings in 1954 to investigate allegations of communist infiltration in the U.S. Army, leading to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Televised

Broadcasted or transmitted to an audience via television.