According to research published in the American Journal of Public Health, states with a law requiring a waiting period for the completion of handgun sales had:
a. 51% fewer firearm suicides
b. 63% more firearm suicides
c. 80% more drug related suicides
d. Both a and c
Answer: A
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a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Burgess, Zone IV is where the working class homes were located. 2. Delinquency is one of Miller’s focal concerns. 3. According to Shaw and McKay, disease tends to overlap with higher delinquency rates. 4. Toughness is a focal concern of the lower-class culture. 5. Regardless of what social problem is measured, higher rates of it are almost always clustered in the zone in transition.
Margret Fry was instrumental in the development of compensation programs, where the activism for these programs began in the 1950s in the United Kingdom. Her argument was ______.
a. the idea of victim compensation was a pressing concern and one that was beginning to develop around the world b. every country in the world should commit to the compensation of victims and the United Kingdom should lead by example c. there were many inadequacies in how the state secured and/or made available compensation for victims of crime d. people should be compensated when they suffer a criminal injury
Explain how resources, perception, coping, and resilience impact the understanding and manifestations of victim reactions and their recovery process.
What will be an ideal response?