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Reducing crime rates is a (n) ________ function of longer mandatory prison sentences. creating more jobs for prison guards is a(n)________ function.

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Reducing crime rates is a manifest function while creating more jobs for prison guards is a latent function. It is because manifest functions is a way of producing effect that is positive on the society while the latent function is a way of having to provide negative effects in the society.

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