xy13第二套32题，恳盼NN指点！

heaven1988117 · 发表于 2010-6-28 17:11:15

In an attempt to reduce the crime rate, the governor is getting tough on criminals and making prison conditions harsher. Part of this effort 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 from prison, inmates who had taken such courses commimtted 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.略
C.The group of inmates who chose to take college-level courses were not already less likely than other inmates to commit crimes agter being relaesed.
D.E略
答案为C选项。
这道题光题面我就没看明白，它说这项行动与统治者的最终目标相悖，即与降低犯罪率的目标相悖，但又说以前接受过大学教育的囚犯被释放后总体犯罪少于没接受教育的囚犯。什么意思？
另外，答案如何理解？
请NN指点！

heaven1988117 · 发表于 2010-6-28 18:01:31

小女在线等呢……NN们快现身啊

heaven1988117 · 发表于 2010-6-28 20:31:10

汗，斑竹大人快现身好伐……help……

yuyi325 · 发表于 2010-6-29 13:57:13

为了降低犯罪率，政府对犯罪行为更加严厉，并且让监狱环境变得更艰苦。其中一部分措施是取消罪犯们的college-level courses。但是这个可能违背政府的初衷，原因是参加这类course的罪犯在被释放后相比那些不参加的人，犯罪率会更低。

这是基于一个assumption的，就是确实是这类课程使得罪犯不再犯罪。

也就是，相对犯罪率低的原因并不是因为那些选择参加课程的人本身就会在释放后比其他人更少犯罪（这是有可能的，选择课程证明人家确实想改过自新），而是因为上了课获得了生存的能力或者被感化了。呵呵。

C说了，那些参加课程的人在选择参加之前并不比其他人的犯罪可能低。因此是C。

讲得比较乱，懂不？

xy13第二套32题，恳盼NN指点！

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