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lak

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Young people are more likely to be deviant than older people because they:
 
  a. have more energy.
  b. do not have as much to lose, such as a career or a credit rating, by being deviant.
  c. don't know any better.
  d. are growing up in a more complex society than the older generation did.

Question 2

Your text suggests that we need to be cautious when generalizing about crime and the larger population of criminals based on UCR statistics because:
 
  a. levels of crime reporting are much higher than actual crime levels.
  b. the people arrested for criminal acts are not a random sample of the people who commit crimes.
  c. the UCR overemphasizes the crimes of white-collar professionals.
  d. UCR statistics do not include those crimes that have been cleared by an arrest.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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