Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In 2011, knives were used in 67.7% of murders in the United States.
2. The majority of robbers are over 25 years of age.
3. Eighty-four percent of the members of the National Rifle Association are against universal background checks for guns.
4. In Wilson and Daly's (1997) Chicago study there was a twenty-year life expectancy difference between the poorest and wealthiest neighborhoods.
5. Criminologists have found that robbers are disorganized and care little about the environment surrounding the crimes they commit.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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