In an attempt to understand a recent increase in female arrests for assault, a comparison of UCR and NVCS data revealed that the apparent trend was most likely attributable to

a. dramatic increases in female violent offending
b. a falsification of data by police departments
c. a relative decrease in male criminality
d. net-widening policies that have made police more likely to arrest females


c. a relative decrease in male criminality

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