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misspop

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Persons arrested for criminal acts are disproportionately:
 
  a. young adult males from minority groups.
  b. young adult white males.
  c. young females from minority groups.
  d. older, lower-class white males.

Question 2

Less than half of violent crimes, and less than one-fourth of property crimes, ever result in an arrest. This means that:
 
  a. people arrested for criminal acts represent only a sample of people who commit crimes.
  b. the police aren't doing their job.
  c. these crimes are the ones that most often go unreported.
  d. those who are arrested are a good representation of those committing crimes more generally.


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Kingjoffery

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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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misspop

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Reply 2 on: Jul 1, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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