Summarize the incident characteristics associated with higher rates of murder in the United States.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer should indicate that most murders are committed by an acquaintance. Most murders are committed using a firearm, most of which are handguns. Murder is primarily intraracial. Most offenders are male.

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a. True b. False

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a. True b. False

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In the context of the race of the victim and the offender, most crimes are:

A. perpetrated by a Black offender on a White victim. B. intraracial. C. racially motivated. D. interracial.

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The second stage of the homeland security cycle is ______.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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