Three-Strikes Laws Have Been Criticized for All of the Following

question 4

Multiple Choice

Three-strikes laws have been criticized for all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) three-strikes laws increase gender disparity in sentencing for violent crimes.
• B) there are much cheaper and equally effective alternatives to imprisonment.
• C) three-strikes laws are often imposed for relatively minor, nonviolent offenses.
• D) longer prison sentences are handed down to offenders who are "aging out of" crime.

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