Recidivism

a. means that because most prisoners hate prison life they will not commit more crimes.
b. means that overcrowded conditions in prisons foster crimes within the prison itself.
c. refers to the repeated return to crime of people who have been released from prison.
d. refers to attempts to rehabilitate criminals.


c

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a. outlawed political action committees. b. states that soft money can no longer flow directly to candidates or political parties. c. limited individual contributions, but allowed PACs to contribute without limits. d. requires that candidates pool their campaign contributions, and then distribute the money equally.

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According to Marx, how does labor transform the people who do it? Select all, but only those that apply.

a. Labor helps us realize our material purpose. b. Labor helps meet our material needs. c. Labor frees us from exploitation. d. Labor transforms our nature.

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In schools in the United States, bilingual education has been defended on the grounds that it

A. is a means to encourage cultural diversity. B. assists in the cultural integration of immigrant groups. C. assists in the political integration of immigrant groups. D. All these answers are correct.

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When a researcher conducts a study outside a clinical setting and manipulates variables to observe the result, she is conducting a(n) ______.

A. controlled group study B. ethnographic study C. forensic study D. field experiment

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