Self-report surveys find that:

a. because people consistently lie about their involvement in crime, few meaningful conclusions can be drawn from self-report surveys.
b. nearly everyone falls in one of two categories, people who commit no crime at all and people who commit a lot of serious crime.
c. there is a continuum of involvement in crime from those who commit little or no crime to those who commit a lot of serious crime.
d. people over the age of fifty are more likely to commit violent crimes than people in their twenties.


Answer: c

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