If prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will return to a life of crime. If prisoners are unable to get jobs, then they will return to a life of crime. Thus, if prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will be unable to get jobs.
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Deductive, valid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Inductive, cogent.
E) Inductive, strong.

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The argument assumes a direct link between being discharged without skills and being unable to get jobs based on the premise that both lead to a return to crime, but it does not logically follow that lack of skills directly causes inability to get jobs without additional premises.

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