Because the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment had a major impact on police policy, the National Institute of Justice decided to see if the same results would be found if the study was conducted in other cities around the U.S. This is an example of

Beta error or Type II error comes about when we

a. fail to reject null hypotheses that are true. b. fail to reject null hypotheses that are false. c. fail to support research hypotheses that are true. d. reject research hypotheses that are true.

A frequent justification of community-based corrections is that they:

A. help reduce violence in prisons. B. lower the rate of decarceration. C. help to reintegrate offenders into society. D. help to rehabilitate offenders who are convicted of capital crimes.

If police officers take some time and learn a little about cultural differences in their community they place themselves in a position to be ________ with the community.

A. proactive B. pre-emptive C. reactive D. sensitive

Program budgeting __________.

A. requires much paperwork B. is perceived by many managers as unproductive C. both requires much paperwork and is perceived by many managers as unproductive D. neither requires much paperwork nor is perceived by many managers as unproductive