An important problem with the patterns-of-crime approach is that:
a. many crimes are not reported by victims or recorded by the police.
b. it is difficult to follow the members of a cohort over the years without losing track of many of them.
c. the police often alter their records before allowing criminologists to use them.
d. interviewed criminals may not be representative of all criminals.
Answer: a
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