What are some of the factors that influence crime trends? Which do you think are the most significant or the most important to tackle and why?

What will be an ideal response?


Students do not have to list all factors that influence crime trends, but the list is as follows: age structure, immigration, unemployment, abortion, gun availability, mental health treatment availability, gangs, drug use, media, medical technology, and justice policy. The essay should include a discussion of at least a few of these and what the most important ones are.

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A significant deprivation of liberty, involving taking a person into custody, transporting them to a police station or jail, and processing them into the criminal justice system, is called a(n):

A. search. B. stop. C. arrest. D. interrogation. E. hold.

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Widespread adoption of intermediate sanctions may further exacerbate _____________ in prison populations.

A. racial disparities B. overcrowding C. gang tensions D. mental illness

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color of law

What will be an ideal response?

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The principle of serving a banquet to a large group is not the same as serving one to a small group.

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

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