What do prisons, mental hospitals, and juvenile detention centers all have in common?
A) They are all total institutions.
B) They are all part of "the new Jim Crow."
C) They are all avenues for medicalization.
D) They are all forms of informal social control.

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These institutions are considered "total institutions" because they are places where people are isolated from the broader society and lead an enclosed, formally administered life. This concept was introduced by sociologist Erving Goffman to describe places that encompass all aspects of the inmates' lives under a single authority.

What Do Prisons, Mental Hospitals, and Juvenile Detention Centers All