During the 1970s, the popular therapy for inmates was to refer to them as residents, define the symptoms of their criminality, determine a prognosis for their return to society, and develop a treatment plan to make it happen. Under which sociological explanation does such an approach qualify?

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This approach of referring to inmates as "residents" and developing a treatment plan falls under the medical model, which views criminality as a mental illness that can be diagnosed and treated like any other medical condition.

During the 1970s, the Popular Therapy for Inmates Was to Refer