If a researcher divided the number of crimes that occurred in a city in 1 year by the city’s population, the result would be ______.
A. a rate
B. a percent
C. a proportion
D. a frequency
A. a rate
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a. True b. False
Marvin E. Wolfgang conducted the first major study of victim precipitation when he focused on _____, studying both the victim and the offender as separate entities and as mutual participants
a. rapes b. homicides c. kidnapping d. suicides
Which of the following statements is true based on conflict theory propositions that outline how powerful classes exert their power to define behavior as criminal?
a. Crime is created by authorities in a politically organized society b. Criminal definitions describe behavior consistent with the interests of the segments of society c. People engage in activities that have relative probabilities of being defined as noncriminal behavior d. Applied criminal definitions do not have the ability to shape the enforcement of criminal law
The key thing for the identity thief is:
A) identifying personal information. B) knowledge of the victim. C) physical access to the victim. D) ignorance of the victim.