Which statement about american prisons is correct? crime and deviance: select the best answer from the choices provided. a. more people are sent to prison for violent crimes than non-violent crimes. b. drug offenders are the main reason for increased jail population. c. there are no alternatives to the traditional prison system for drug offenders. d. white users are more likely to be imprisoned than african-americans.

The correct answer is answer C ("There are no alternatives to the traditional prison system for drug offenders").

Back in the 1980s, less than 25.000 people in the United States were incarcerated for drug offenses. Since then, the number has sky-rocketed: currently sitting at nearly 300.000. This goes to show how ineffective the hardening of policies regarding drug-related arrests and convictions are at trying to stop the crisis. Drug abuse is not going to stop just because more people are going to prison, mass incarceration just generates more problems within the existent prison system.

Implementing alternative sentencing strategies would definitely be more efficient and less costly for the States until the drug problem is solved, which is an entirely different venture that isn't going to be helped by over-populating prisons all over the country.

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the answer as multiple choice is c

africa, the second-largest continent, is bounded by the mediterranean sea, the red sea, the indian ocean, and the atlantic ocean. it is divided in half almost equally by the equator. the continent includes the islands of cape verde, madagascar, mauritius, seychelles, and comoros.

africa’s physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately.

the origin of the name “africa” is greatly disputed by scholars. most believe it stems from words used by the phoenicians, greeks, and romans. important words include the egyptian word afru-ika, meaning “motherland”; the greek word aphrike, meaning “without cold”; and the latin word aprica, meaning “sunny.”

today, africa is home to more countries than any other continent in the world. these countries are: morocco, western sahara (morocco), algeria, tunisia, libya, egypt, sudan, chad, niger, mali, mauritania, senegal, the gambia, guinea-bissau, guinea, sierra leone, liberia, côte d’ivoire, ghana, burkina faso, togo, benin, nigeria, cameroon, central africa republic, equatorial guinea, gabon, congo, democratic republic of the congo, angola, namibia, botswana, south africa, lesotho, swaziland, mozambique, zimbabwe, zambia, malawi, tanzania, rwanda, burundi, uganda, kenya, somalia, ethiopia, djibouti, eritrea and the island countries of cape verde, madagascar, mauritius, seychelles, and comoros.

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