In an attempt to reduce the crime rate, the governor is getting tough on criminals and making prison conditions harsher. Part of this effort has been to deny inmates the access they formerly had to college-level courses. However, this action is clearly counter to the governor’s ultimate goal, since after being released form prison, inmates who had taken such courses committed far fewer crimes overall than other inmates.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A Not being able to take college-level courses while in prison is unlikely to deter anyone from a crime that he or she might otherwise have committed.
B Former inmates are no more likely to commit crimes than are members of the general population.
C The group of inmates who chose to take college-level courses were not already less likely than other inmates to commit crimes after being released.
D Taking high school level courses in prison has less effect on an inmate’s subsequent behavior than taking college-level courses does.
E The governor’s ultimate goal actually is to gain popularity by convincing people that something effective is being done about crime.
in order to make the argument sound and solid, the author need to exclude other possible factors which cause the decrease in the number of the committed crimes.作者: yichaoe 时间: 2010-5-25 22:07
C： 说明了这群上大学的罪犯，他们的最初的本质和那些没上大学的是一样的，没有比那些人更不倾向于犯罪。那么，说明这个学习的过程，对减少犯罪是有好处的。所以题干中的结论才可以成立----inmates who had taken such courses committed far fewer crimes overall than other inmates.
