The Racial Threat Hypothesis suggests that ______
a. the more homogeneous a population is in a community, the less social control will be imposed on the citizens.
b. white citizens may overestimate the number of minorities living in the community and believe the community is disorganized.
c. increasing police presence in a high-crime community will decrease the crime rate.
d. disproportionate treatment of African Americans will only occur at the arrest stage of the criminal justice process
Answer: b. white citizens may overestimate the number of minorities living in the community and believe the community is disorganized.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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__________ refers to the tendency of respondents to move forward and report as having occurred events that actually occurred before the reference period.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).