The Vast Majority of Crimes Come to the Attention of the Police

question 110

Multiple Choice

The vast majority of crimes come to the attention of the police in response to citizen complaints. If citizens don't think a crime is serious enough or feel that nothing can be done, they don't usually bother to inform the authorities. This means that there might be serious bias in the:

• A) symbolic interactionist theory of deviance.
• B) way conflict theorists understand deviance.
• C) definition of cash register honesty.
• D) value of punishment for deterrence.
• E) Uniform Crime Report.

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