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When Did a Correctional Investigator Report Find No Evidence of Escalating

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When did a correctional investigator report find no evidence of escalating female criminality, and concluded that women in custody are more commonly victims of physical and sexual abuse themselves, with addiction issues and children relying on them?


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Spuriousness

A situation in statistical analysis where a perceived correlation or association between two variables is actually caused by a third variable.

Correlation

A measure of how strongly two variables are related to each other.

Causation

The action of causing something, in research it generally refers to the relationship between variables where one variable directly affects another.

Theoretical Perspective

A basic set of assumptions that guides research and theory in social sciences, providing a specific viewpoint or lens for interpretation.

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