Q22:
In each of the past five years, Barraland’s prison population has
increased. Yet, according to official government statistics, for
none of those years has there been either an increase in the number
of criminal cases brought to trial, or an increase in the rate at
which convictions have been obtained. Clearly, therefore, the
percentage of people convicted of crimes who are being given prison
sentences is on the increase.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the
argument?
In Barraland the range of punishments that can be imposed instead
of a prison sentence is wide.
Over the last ten years, overcrowding in the prisons of Barraland
has essentially been eliminated as a result of an ambitious program
of prison construction.
Ten years ago, Barraland reformed its criminal justice system,
imposing longer minimum sentences for those crimes for which a
prison sentence had long been mandatory.
Barraland has been supervising convicts on parole more closely in
recent years, with the result that parole violations have become
significantly less frequent.
E. The number of people in Barraland who feel that crime is on the
increase is significantly greater now than it was five years ago.
答案是C。不太明白C是什么意思。如果十年前增加最小蹲监狱时间，这和近5
年监狱人数增加是什么关系？谁能举个具体数字的例子。 | 
