What were Wolfgang's key findings in his study of homicides?
What will be an ideal response?
Wolfgang found that 26 percent of all homicides studied involved situations in which the victim was the first to use force during the acts leading to the homicide. Wolfgang identified several factors that he associated with victim participation in homicides: (1) The victim and the perpetrator usually had some sort of prior relationship—spouse, family members, or close acquaintances; (2) the events leading up to the homicide started as a small disagreement that escalated into a burst of anger that resulted in a killing; and (3) alcohol was used or consumed by many of the victims prior to the incident.
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In 18th-century England, approximately how many crimes could be punished by execution?
a. 10 b. 225 c. 40 d. 5
The wide variation in sentence given to different offenders is called sentence ______.
a. disparity b. inequality c. splitting d. discrimination
An officer responding to a missing child complaint should avoid ________
A. safeguarding evidence until interviews are completed B. making assumptions to avoid overlooking crucial information and evidence C. interviewing witnesses as each may be a suspect in the disappearance of the child D. gathering factual information quickly
When a researcher uses a multistage cluster sampling technique they must repeat several sets including:
a. listing and stratifying
b. listing and counting
c. listing and sampling
d. listing and analyzing