If Joe is incarcerated in a prison where criminals are viewed as ill, and he receives treatment to cure his "illness," the prison is centered around the:

A. punitive model.
B. rehabilitation model.
C. medical model.
D. therapeutic model.


Answer: C

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A) civil death B) self-efficacy C) expungement D) stigma

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a. Conservatives b. Radicals c. Liberals

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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