Regarding Incarceration Rates in the United States, Which of the Following

question 2

Multiple Choice

Regarding incarceration rates in the United States, which of the following is not an observation of the current use of imprisonment?

• A) other nations do not use prisons nearly as much as we do
• B) the crime rate is extremely low due to the high incarceration rate
• C) the United States's incarceration rate is high because we want it that way
• D) because the size of the prison population is a choice, Americans could decide to use imprisonment more judiciously

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