Bursik and Webb's Research on Community Change Patterns and Race

question 12

Multiple Choice

Bursik and Webb's research on community change patterns and race indicated that:

• A) racial minorities are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in society.
• B) increased police patrols in hot-spot areas can dramatically reduce drug dealing, robbery, and other forms of street crime.
• C) the criminal justice system can prevent crime if criminals are punished more swiftly and severely.
• D) neighborhood instability caused by mass migrations of people from urban areas to the suburbs was responsible for increasing crime rates in some urban areas during the 1950s.
• E) community policing contributes to increased feelings of safety among residents.

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Definitions:

Light-Independent Reactions

Chemical reactions in photosynthesis that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose, occurring in the stroma of chloroplasts and independent of light.

Cyclic Pathway

A biochemical route characterized by a series of reactions where the final product regenerates the initial reactant.

Electron Transport System

A series of complexes that transfer electrons through a membrane within mitochondria or chloroplasts to generate a gradient for ATP production.