Identify the four reasons why we measure crime.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer should include (1) to reveal the nature and extent of crime, which serves as one measure of the well-being of the nation. High crime indicates social problems. (2) To evaluate policy and assess if a criminal justice or crime control policy has been successful. (3) To identify groups who have been suffering disproportionate levels of victimization. (4) To allow researchers to discover the causes of crime, offending, and victimization.
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At a 1957 convention in Miami, which individual-who had been accused of dozens of improper activities by the McClellan Committee-was elected President of the IBT?
A) ?Benjamin Fein B) ?Jimmy Hoffa C) ?Bill Presser D) ?John L. Lewis
A condition in which a person's ability for sexual arousal and gratification is based upon fantasizing about and engaging in sexual behavior that is atypical and usually extreme, is called _______________
a. paraphilia b. fetish c. urophilia d. sadism
Judicially noticed facts are treated differently in civil and criminal trials. Explain the difference.
What will be an ideal response?
Pairs of samples in which the selection of people or objects into one sample directly affects or is affected by the selection of people or objects into the other sample are referred to as ______.
A. dependent samples B. independent samples C. random samples D. paired samples