The Basic Operating Principles for the Community Focus on Crime

question 4

Multiple Choice

The basic operating principles for the community focus on crime control include

• A) a get-tough strategy that includes more arrests and mandatory sentences
• B) a geographic focus and partnerships between criminal justice and non-criminal justice agencies
• C) a shift in power back to criminal justice agencies that uses zero-tolerance policies
• D) a desire to find the single crime policy that will promote effective prevention and control

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Definitions:

Break-even Analysis

A calculation to determine the sales volume at which total revenues equal total costs, indicating no profit or loss.

Contribution Margin Ratios

The ratio of contribution margin (sales minus variable costs) to sales revenue, indicating the percentage of sales revenue that exceeds variable costs.

Break-even Point

The production level at which total revenues equal total expenses, resulting in no profit or loss.

Operating Leverage

A measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income, reflecting a company’s fixed versus variable costs structure.