Author Question: Currie refutes the myth that only about 100,000 persons convicted of a violent crime went to state ... (Read 62 times)

jman1234 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Currie refutes the myth that only about 100,000 persons convicted of a violent crime went to state prison by arguing that:

a. this number does not include people incarcerated in other types of criminal justice institutions.
b. the majority of violent crimes are not serious ones.
c. the criminal justice system is too lenient with offenders.
d. a and b above

Question 2

Most crimes do not result in punishment because:

a. the justice system is too lenient with offenders.
b. most violent crimes are not reported to the police.
c. only one-third of rapes are reported to police, and rape is the most common type of violent crime.
d. none of the above