What are the advantages of the NCVS over official crime data collected by the Uniform Crime Reports?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer should indicate that this survey provides data on reported and unreported crime. It provides detailed information on crime victims, offenders, and the context of the crime. It has a high response rate (84% for housing units and 87% for persons). Since it has been ongoing for decades, it allows for analysis of trends and the ability to study difficult-to-measure crimes and small populations.
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The primary purpose of communication must be:
a. to exert control and authority over citizens. b. to transmit information. c. for ultimate police authority. d. for suspect control.
A graduate student wishes to explore if court ordered substance abuse treatment for driving under the influence (DUI) offenders has an effect on the odds an offender will commit future DUI offences. The students identifies his sample from among offenders arrested for DUI and designates those ordered into treatment as his experiment group and those not ordered into treatment into his control group. Which of the following best identifies the type of experiment he used ?
burden of proof
What will be an ideal response?
Statements by someone other than the opposing party can still fall within the "admission of a party opponent" exclusion if
A. they are made by someone in a legal relationship with the opposing party B. they are made with the prior knowledge of the opposing party C. they are adopted by the opposing party in some fashion by expressing a belief in their truth D. they repeat statements made by the opposing party him/herself