Approximately what percent of African American men comprise the male prison population?

Approximately what percent of African American men comprise the male prison population?
 
  a. 10 percent
  b. 30 percent
  c. 40 percent
  d. 50 percent

 Q. 2

Vision 2010 and its various successors have called for all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. diversifying Nigeria's export base beyond oil.
  b. central bank autonomy.
  c. rebuilding Nigeria's education system.
  d. encouraging population growth both to support the labor market and to build a domestic market.
  e. meaningful privatization.

 Q. 3

With only 5 percent of the earth's population, one out of every _________ American adults is in prison or under adult court supervision.
 
  a. 56
  b. 112
  c. 31
  d. 243

 Q. 4

Which statement about parastatals in Nigeria is INCORRECT?
 
  a. Parastatals refer only to industries indirectly owned and managed by the state.
 b. Nigeria began to establish parastatals in the 1970s.
 c. Nigeria began to divest itself of its parastatals as part of its structural adjustment program.
 d. Although the government has sold off many of its parastatals, the state remains the country's biggest employer and the most important source of revenue.
  e. One reason parastatals were established was to accelerate economic development in Nigeria.

 Q. 5

Three classic goals of correctional policy are to
 
  a. punish, gain retribution, and deter crime.
  b. rehabilitate; deter; and produce productive, law-abiding citizens.
  c. punish, rehabilitate, and physically separate dangerous criminals from society.
  d. get criminals off the street, break drug habits, and destroy unhealthy neighborhood associations.

 Q. 6

Nigeria's structural adjustment program
 
  a. brought about the rapid privatization of publicly owned firms to both domestic and foreign investors.
  b. helped to alleviate poverty in the country significantly.
  c. was necessary due to a number of economic problems including waning oil revenue, a growing debt burden, and balance of payments difficulties.
  d. was enacted by a military regime prior to turning power over to civilians.
  e. permitted the government to channel greater expenditures on social welfare programs.

 Q. 7

Many approaches to deal with the problem of recidivism have been tried, including counseling, vocational training and basic education. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding these approaches?
 
  a. All have consistently been able to overcome the criminalizing environment of state prisons.
  b. None have consistently been able to overcome the criminalizing environment of state prisons.
  c. Only basic education has consistently been able to overcome the criminalizing environment of state prisons.
  d. Both basic education and vocational training have consistently been able to overcome the criminalizingenvironment of state prisons.

 Q. 8

Rents refer to
 
  a. any form of nonproductive economic activity undertaken by the government.
  b. charges by the government for the use of natural resources by foreign companies.
  c. government earnings that are not channeled back into investment of policies that would benefit the public good.
  d. government earnings of any type.
  e. government earnings that come in the form of hard currency.