Political Economy of Punishment
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- Q1A reentry plan that looked generous and called for an $8.5 billion-per-year to be used for reentry?The Hamilton ProjectTexas ProgramHOPE ProjectJustice Reinvestment Program30s
- Q2What is the consensus of the importance of the relationship between unemployment and incarceration?NoneIncarceration affects unemploymentUnemployment affects incarcerationThey influence each other30s
- Q3How big is the penal budget?10-12%30-40%2-3%4-5%30s
- Q4What are the 3 Rs?reentry, and racial injustice, and reinvestmentrecidivism, reentry, and racial injusticerecidivism, reentry, and justice reinvestmentracial injustice, reinvestment, and recidivism30s
- Q5Which of these are one of the pillars of the carceral state?neoliberal movementlabor movementjustice reinvestmentfinancial sector30s
- Q6What is Recidivism?the act of reintegrating into society after prisonthe act of an ex-offender reoffendingthe act of the government repossessing illegal goods30s
- Q7Who is the author who discusses the 3 R’s and the problems with each of them?GottschalkLaferAlexanderUrbina30s
- Q8A program directed to help felony probationers, most of whom were substance abusers.Hamilton ProjectJustice Reinvestment ProjectHOPE projectTexas Project30s
- Q9State that was highly praised for having a successful justice reinvestment plan but a deeper look at the political context showed that it wasn't successful.OreganPennsylvaniaCaliforniaTexas30s
- Q10State that enacted a justice reinvestment plan but then enacted a companion bill that earmarked most of the plan, making the whole things not helpfulTexasUtahOreganPennsylvania30s
- Q11Which of these are one of the pillars of the carceral state?labor movementneoliberal movementjustice reinvestmentconservative movement30s
- Q12Who was the scapegoat for the 2008 financial meltdownImmigrantsLow-Income CommunitiesPrisonersReal-Estate Sector30s
- Q13How does high prison population help the government during a fiscal crisis?prisons make profitsuppresses unemployment rateprison labor helps the economy30s
- Q14What state was the trailblazer for the “rehabilitative ideal” in the 40s and ground zero for the taxpayer revolt in the 70sPennsylvaniaCaliforniaOreganTexas30s
- Q15Author who wrote about prisoners being used for military manufacturingUrbinaLaferGottschalkAlexander30s