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Distinguish between delinquency control and delinquency prevention. Provide examples of each.
 
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Which of the following is one of the three major issues related to imprisonment as a sentence in the United States?
 
  a. overcrowding
  b. conditions of confinement lawsuits
  c. high costs of incarcerating prisoners
  d. all of these answers are correct



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Answer to Question 1

Delinquency control or delinquency repression involves any justice program or policy designed to prevent the occurrence of a future delinquent act (e.g., anti-gang task force, boot camps, wilderness programs, probation, electronic monitoring, secure confinement).

Delinquency prevention refers to intervening in young people's lives before they engage in delinquency in the first placethat is, preventing the first delinquent act (e.g., home visitation, preschool, child skills training, mentoring, after-school recreation, and job training).

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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