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leilurhhh

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In 2009, about 10 million violent and property crimes were committed in the United States. Of these, only about __________ percent were cleared by arrests.
 
  a. 5
  b. 11
  c. 20
  d. 31
  e. 41

Question 2

In his cultural-situational approach to explaining persistent poverty, Herbert Gans argues
   that the solution to poverty lies in __________.
 
  a. programs that help the poor to overcome the debilitating influences of their culture of poverty
  b. adjustments in the economic system so that the introduction of technology doesn't displace workers
  c. altering the situational factors that cause poverty
  d. discovering the factors that constrain poor people from taking new opportunities that conflict with their present cultural values
  e. working with the agents of socialization so that only one dominant set of values is internalized by all groups and classes in the population



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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