National Center for Policy Analysis assigment

POINTS: Up to 20
Due: February 10  

Our text (Regoli and Hewitt) provide an assignment on page 127:
Go to the NCPA website
and address the following:

1. According to the NCPA, what is the main reason that crime has gone
down in the last decade? Do you agree with that analysis?

2. What is the "expected punishment"? How is this related to a
utilitarian idea?

3. This site argues that a "get tough on criminals" approach works well.
How does keeping prisoners behind bars lower their costs to society?