The Ability of Community Prosecution to Reduce Serious Crime Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

The ability of community prosecution to reduce serious crime is questionable because

• A) it is not implemented as intended
• B) it does not get tough on offenders which is what is needed to reduce crime
• C) this is a loophole that allows serious offenders to escape prosecution
• D) whether focusing on quality-of-life crime reduces serious crime remains unproven

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Definitions:

Mann-Whitney U Test

A nonparametric test used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed.

Paired-difference Experiment

An experimental design where the observations are made in pairs, and the analysis is based on the differences within each pair.

Rejection Region

The range of values for which the null hypothesis is not considered likely and is rejected in a statistical test.

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume the data come from a particular distribution, often used when dealing with ordinal data or when the normality assumption is violated.