Official arrest rate data show that lower socioeconomic status group members are more likely to be involved in crimes. An important reason for this appears to be that __________
a. police are assigned to lower-income communities in greater numbers, so there is a tendency for police records to show higher crime rates for those communities
b. poverty is the most important cause of crime
c. the criminal justice system is run by nonminority individuals who do not arrest and prosecute members of their own groups
d. there are biological characteristics which minorities possess that lead them to commit crime
a
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