Explain what we can learn from international comparisons of crime rates, as well as some of the challenges in making these comparisons.

What will be an ideal response?


Comparing across nations can help explain variations in crime, nations can learn from one another what works and what doesnt. For instance, the inexorable rise in crime in the United States and other industrialized countries in the sixties was contradicted by a declining crime rate in Japan, which discredited the assumption that modernization inevitably produces increased criminality. Challenges: the different definitions of criminal activity, the quality of data, ideological considerations, and the sheer logistical problems of compilation

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The weight 264.45 grams can be correctly expressed as:

a. 26,445 decigrams. b. 0.26445 kilograms. c. 26.445 centigrams. d. None of the above

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The FBI classification system is most often applied to the following types of crime:

a. murder and larceny; b. murder and rape; c. theft and arson; d. terrorism and assault.

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Explain the pitfalls of discretion

What will be an ideal response?

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics sponsors one of the largest victim-related surveys, known as the: ______________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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