After collecting data on age and number of speeding tickets, the researcher found that older people are less likely to have speeding tickets. What type of relationship is this between the two variables?

a. positive
b. linear
c. negative
d. nonlinear


c. negative

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________ observation is a type of research strategy in which the informed consent of subjects is not sought and researchers pretend to be part of the study grou

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Many crimes of violence perpetrated against women are a result of the perceived need to ________ behavior and freedom. Answer: Control The four domains of treatment for sex offenders consist of which of the following?

a. Deviant sexual interest, arousals, and preferences b. Distorted attitudes c. Interpersonal functioning d. Behavior management e. All of the above

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Which of the following is not discussed in the text as a difference between suicides committed by fathers and mothers?

A. Women tend to kill their children because they fear no one will take care of them after the mother is dead. B. The father tends to kill their children in the context of custody disagreements with the mother. C. Men are more likely to use firearms to kill their children then themselves while women favor drowning their children then they shoot themselves. D. Men who commit filicide-suicides are more likely than women to kill their spouses.

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The DARE program was created in 1980 by the:

a. NYPD c. CPD b. LAPD d. FBI

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