Q27:
Newspaper editorial:
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?
- 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.
- Former inmates are no more likely to commit crimes than are
members of the general population.
- 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.
- Taking high school level courses in prison has less effect on
an inmate’s subsequent behavior than taking college-level courses does.
- The governor’s ultimate goal actually is to gain popularity by
convincing people that something effective is being done about crime.
it appears somewhere else also,
everytime the key is A,
but i think C is correct.
thanx for sharing your idea.
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