Steffensmeie and Harer suggest that the crime rates declined in the early 1980s because:
a. policing became more strict
b. there was a lower percentage of 15-25-year-old men in the population
c. publicity about crime increased dramatically
d. women began committing fewer crimes.
b
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a. a panel study. b. a case study. c. a cross-sectional study. d. a trend study. e. None of these would be appropriate.
According to Michael P. Johnson (2008, 2011, 2012), ________ results when there is a contentious situation or problem between partners.
A. intimate terrorism B. interdependent terrorism C. situational couple violence D. violence resistance
The type of society that typically operates as a gerontocracy is ________
a. hunting and gathering. b. industrial. c. pastoral, horticultural, or agrarian. d. postindustrial.
Which factor accounts for the emergence of the black civil rights movement in the late 1950s?
a. An increase in biological racist ideas after World War II b. A decrease in economic opportunities for blacks, beginning in the 1930s and continuing during and after World War II c. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, invalidating the "separate but equal" doctrine d. A radical turnaround on the part of most whites to open up various societal institutions to blacks