The minority-threat hypothesis refers to the idea that police expenditures are greater when a dominant racial or ethnic group perceives racial or ethnic minorities as threatening its interests

a. True
b. False


Answer: a

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a. Intermediate punishments c. This or that corrections b. Revolving door corrections d. Either/or corrections

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In America there are an estimated ______ suicides each day

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following areas of the criminal justice system is the least popular in society?

a. Law enforcement b. The courts c. Corrections d. Each area of the criminal justice system is equally popular

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The midpoint of the interval containing the most frequencies is called:

a. the median. b. the mode. c. the mean. d. there is no special name for this value.

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