Explain the age–crime curve.

What will be an ideal response?


Age–crime curve is formed from the statistical count of the number of known crimes committed in a population over a given period mapped according to age. The curve reflects a sharp increase in offending beginning in early adolescence, a peak in mid-adolescence, and then a steep decline in early adulthood followed by a steadier decline thereafter.

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The atoms of hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium all have the same number of protons, but differ in the number of neutrons they possess. These substances are:

a. Elements. b. Compounds. c. Molecules. d. Isotopes.

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Klaidman and Beauchamp (1987) hold the view that journalists ______ themselves, instead of believing the courts must first rule on what they want to publish.

a. should write their stories b. ought to make the necessary ethical decisions c. should not have absolute freedom d. all of these

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System data and artifacts are files generated by the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The national database remains a weak link in:

a. assessment. b. assets. c. priorities. d. security.

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