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The scholar argues that a successful legal system should prohibit only those few behaviors citizens believe are intolerable. This is because the purpose of a law is to deter specific actions through the threat of punishment, which is effective only if potential violators believe they are likely to be punished. However, the likelihood of punishment decreases as the number of prohibited actions increases.

This statement lays out the intended purpose of the law, and is used as a premise to support the author’s main conclusion.

This is not descriptively accurate. There is no implicit conclusion that the legal system needs more police officers.

The statement is not a conclusion. It does not receive any support.

This is an accurate description of the statement. It only provides support to the main conclusion.

The statement is not an intermediate conclusion. It does not receive any support.

This is not descriptively accurate. The scholar believes this statement and uses it to support his main conclusion.

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