Which of the following terms is a theory of institutional corrections, popular during the 1940s and 1950s, in which crime was seen as symptomatic of personal illness in need of treatment?

A. crisis intervention
B. medical model
C. hands-off philosophy
D. radical nonintervention


Answer: B

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a. True b. False

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. acquit c. convict b. punish d. abdicate

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