What are the different categories of units of analysis in criminology and criminal justice research and how are they utilized for answering the research question?
What will be an ideal response?
A strong answer will discuss the following categories: individual, groups, organizations, geographic areas, social artifacts, and interactions. The answer will also include how an understanding of the different units can guide sampling and data collection.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In the 1990s, why did several scholars predict that juvenile crime would rise to new heights by 2010?
A) because of the legalization of some drugs B) because of their predictions of the recruitment of young people into the market to sell crack cocaine C) because of the influx of criminals from other countries D) because of the growing trend of teenage pregnancies
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Dactylography is the study of fingerprints. 2. The manner of death can never be listed as undetermined. A determination always should be stated. 3. The focus of the RAND study was the investigation of "index" offenses: those serious crimes such as murder, robbery and rape. 4. A police force that adopts the recommendations of the PERF study would direct officers to make greater efforts to canvass the neighborhood in locating witnesses to a crime. 5. An example of strong inductive reasoning would be, "I always hang pictures on nails; therefore, all pictures hang from nails."
FISA authorizes certain government surveillance of communications for what purposes?
a. preventive policing purposes b. immigration reform foreign intelligence purposes c. drug interdiction purposes d. foreign intelligence purposes