Ethnic Studies Practice Exam 2026 – Your All-in-One Guide to Mastering the Curriculum!

Abolitionist alternatives center on preventing harm and ensuring accountability through social supports rather than punishment. Angela Davis argues that safety comes from tackling root causes like poverty, housing insecurity, and lack of access to education and stable jobs. The mix of education and jobs with restoring justice programs that focus on accountability—including housing, welfare, and rehabilitation—embodies this approach: it creates opportunities to avoid crime and builds a system that supports people and repairs harm without relying on prisons. The other options would expand policing and incarceration or privatize welfare, which runs counter to abolitionist aims.