To study organized crime, a researcher is able to interview leading members of organized crime families. During these interviews, she requests the names of leading members of other organized crime families. She interviews these other leaders, asks them for additional leaders’ names, and continues in this manner until she has interviewed 45 members from 19 different families. Her sampling method is:

a. Availability sampling
b. Quota sampling
c. Snowball sampling
d. Cluster sampling


c. Snowball sampling

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Gilligan (1982) argues that in their moral decision-making, women focus on ______.

a. relationships b. treating everyone fairly c. impartiality d. all of these

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Zero-tolerance policing calls for the police to focus primarily on

A. the means by which policing is done and the prosecution of crime. B. disorder, minor crimes, and the appearance of crime. C. community resources and crime index. D. vice crimes and crimes against persons.

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To prevent bullying, Dr. Olweus recommends

a. clear and positive communication between parents and school officials. b. assistance to bullying victims that helps them assert themselves. c. clear and swift reaction to persistent physical or verbal bullying. d. All of the above

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