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cnetterville

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Which statement is not an accurate characterization of crime and punishment in Texas?
 
  a. Courts in Texas are badly overcrowded.
 b. Prisons in Texas are badly overcrowded.
 c. Texans have reported feeling safer as the crime rate has gone down over the last decade.
  d. Despite the crime rate going down over the last decade, Texas still has a high rate of street crime.
  e. The focus on plea bargains puts criminals back on the streets more quickly.

Question 2

In what way are social and fiscal conservatives in Texas at odds over how to deal with crime?
 
  a. Social conservatives want to punish criminals harshly, but fiscal conservatives object to the expense of long prison sentences.
  b. Fiscal conservatives prefer alternative sentencing to avoid the high cost of building and maintaining prisons.
  c. Both social and fiscal conservatives believe that more money should be spent on punishing criminals, but they disagree on how to spend the money.
  d. Social conservatives want to punish criminals harshly, but fiscal conservatives object to the expense of long prison sentences and prefer alternative sentencing to avoid the high cost of building and maintaining prisons.
  e. All of these are ways in which social and fiscal conservatives are at odds.



mathjasmine

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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