Why do a majority of respondents report choosing burglary over legitimate work?
a. few if any burglars commit only this type of crime; for most this is a sideline involving other kinds of theft and even robbery.
b. most or 85/102 respondents commit burglary because they are part of gang or "crew" that specialize in this line of illegal work.
c. 67/99 respondents reported they like thrill of doing robbery.
d. most available jobs poorly paid; 43/78 unemployed subjects reported they would stop committing offenses if they got good job.
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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A. classification B. sentencing C. presentence investigation D. assessment
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a. Both use of a random selection procedure, for example, flipping a coin. b. They are the same. c. The purpose of random sampling is to increase generalizability and the purpose of randomization is to decrease spuriousness. d. Randomization is only used in quasi-experiments.
This is the second stage in a fire where smoke and gas particles are emitted from fuel:
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