According to Recent BJS Surveys, Which of the Following Is

question 46

Multiple Choice

According to recent BJS surveys, which of the following is true of women prisoners?

• A) Female prisoners seldom resemble male prisoners in ethnic background and age.
• B) Female inmates have shorter criminal records than male inmates.
• C) Female prisoners are more likely to be serving time for violent crimes.
• D) Female prisoners have experienced lesser physical and sexual abuse than the men.

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Definitions:

Mean

The average of a set of values, calculated by summing all the values and then dividing by the count of values.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a statistical distribution that is balanced around the mean, indicating that values close to the mean occur more often than those far from the mean.

Mean

The mean is the average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by their count.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution that follows a bell-shaped curve, where the mean, median, and mode are equal; commonly used in probability and statistics.