Gathering valid crime data, devising new research methods, and measuring crime patterns and trends fall under the ______ subarea of the criminological enterprise.

A. victimology
B. penology/sentencing/corrections
C. theory construction
D. criminal statistics/crime measurement


Answer: D

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