Crime Policy in the United States Are More Punitive Than

Multiple Choice

Crime policy in the United States are more punitive than crime policies in other Western countries for each of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) U.S. judges and prosecutors are career civil servants who receive special training.
B) crime policy in the United States is more decentralized.
C) crime policy in the United States, even at the state level, is reliant on federal funding.
D) sentencing and release decisions in the United States are micromanaged by legislators.