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The Subarea of Criminal Statistics and Crime Measurement Involves Devising

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The subarea of criminal statistics and crime measurement involves devising valid and reliable measures designed to calculate the amount and trends of criminal activity. Explain what criminologists do to understand how much crime occurs. Discuss how criminologists incorporate the perpetrator, victim, time, and place into their studies.


Definitions:

Truth Table

A method of showing when compound logical expressions are true and when they are false by considering every possible assignment of truth values to propositions.

Propositional Reasoning

Drawing conclusions from premises that are in the form of true or false assertions.

Believability Effects

The impact of an individual's perceived credibility or believability on the acceptance and persuasion of their message.

Syllogistic Conclusion

The process of deriving a conclusion from two or more premises that are asserted or assumed to be true in logic.

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