Crime Is Most Often Prevented By

question 6

Multiple Choice

Crime is most often prevented by:

• A) using evidence-based practices.
• B) achieving high conviction rates.
• C) ​the deterrent effect of the police, courts, and corrections.
• D) ​the presence of neighborhood watch groups.
• E) ​friendly neighbors.

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Definitions:

Implausible Events

Occurrences or scenarios which seem highly unlikely or unbelievable based on logical or empirical evidence.

Elaborative Rehearsal

A memory technique that involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered, rather than merely repeating the term to oneself.

Rote Repetition

The process of learning or memorizing something through continuous repetition without understanding the underlying meaning.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, also known as the "knew-it-all-along" effect.