Why has the unprecedented prison population explosion occurred?
a. Because crime has continued to rapidly increase.
b. Because sentences are longer.
c. Because offenders are serving a higher proportion of their terms.
d. Because of changes in the criminal justice system that sharply increased the chances that a convicted criminal will actually be sent to prison.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. Racism B. Sexism C. Androcentrism D. Misogyny
With respect to elders' division of household labor:
a) it becomes far more equal after the children leave home. b) it becomes far more equal if the wife retires and the husband keeps working. c) it becomes far more equal if both quit working at the same time. d) men do the majority of housework after they retire. e) the division of household labor changes little as a couple ages and women continue to do the majority of housework.
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A. self B. game C. play D. generalized other