Due to a recent increase of school shootings, one high school principal has decided to enlist a profiler to attempt to determine which students are at risk to commit a school shooting. The profiler provides the principal with a list of students said to be at risk. Which of the following is a potential problem with this procedure?
A. Such a profile would target an extremely high percentage of school-aged adolescents who would never be a threat
B. Such a profile may give an exact percentage of students at risk
C. The characteristics on which the profiling is done may or may not be accurate
D. None of these are correct.
Answer: A
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