One of the more accurate ways to measure changes in men's and women's respective criminal activity is to
A) study only crimes known to the police.
B) look at how many crimes each sex commits annually and calculate for each the percentage increase or decrease from year to year.
C) calculate sex-specific arrest rates (the number of arrests per 100,000 of the population) and then determining the sex differential in arrests.
D) none of the above
Answer: C
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