Marvin Wolfgang's patterns-of-crime study of homicide in Philadelphia revealed that:
a. drugs were more common than alcohol in the homicide situation.
b. most offenders and victims were strangers to one another.
c. most murders were cross-racial; that is, involved blacks killing whites or whites killing blacks.
d. none of the above.
Answer: d
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