SAGE News Clips: Reclassifying Criminal Offenses
Description: This video profiles Alabama’s prison system. Running at double capacity, the state faces federal intervention if nothing is done to reduce the overcrowding. Lawmakers, including state senator Cam Ward, have implemented a reform task force to develop a plan. The plan calls for nonviolent and drug offenses to be reclassified as Class D felonies, which gives judges more leniency in sentencing. If enacted by the state, this plan would allow offenders to receive reduced sentences.
Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you’ve signed in, scroll to page 112, and watch the video. When you’ve finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:According to the labeling perspective, the “felon” label will increase the risk that a person will go on to engage on further criminal behavior, or what Lemert would term ______ deviance.
A. primary
B. secondary
C. recidivist
D. continuing
Answer: B
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