An age-specific arrest rate is:

a. the number of arrests of people of a particular age divided by the number of people of that age in the population.
b. the difference between the number of people of a particular age who have been arrested and the number of people of that age who have not been arrested.
c. the difference between the number of people of a given age in the population and the number of people that age who have been arrested.
d. the number of people of a given age who have been arrested.


Answer: a

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