Multiple Choice
Recent trends in incarceration rates suggest which of the following conclusions?
A) these trends correspond exactly with the reduction in serious crime
B) such trends merely mark a continuation of a rise in incarceration rates that began in the 1930s.
C) such trends stem mainly from the "war on drugs"
D) these trends reflect the demise in the number of executions
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