Prior to 1860,prison Reform in the United States

question 32

Multiple Choice

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

• A) included the practice of solitary confinement.
• B) led to widespread calls to end capital punishment.
• C) focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation.
• D) began largely in the West and spread to the East.
• E) decried the racial bias of the judicial system.

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An accounting system that collects, summarizes, and reports financial information about different areas of responsibility within an organization.

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Responsibility Accounting

An accounting system that measures the results of each responsibility center and compares those results with some measure of expected or budgeted outcome.