In Some Ways, Victims of Crimes Are a Diverse Lot

question 14

Multiple Choice

In some ways, victims of crimes are a diverse lot including the rich and the poor, the young and the old, and men as well as women. This diversity aside, however, crime victims are more likely to be young, nonwhite, male, divorced or never married, low income, and unemployed (Truman, 2011; Elias, 1986) . Thus in many ways the profile of victims matches that of defendants.
-In what percent of all felony arrests in New York did the victim have a prior relationship with the offender?

• A)fifty percent
• B)forty percent
• C)sixty percent
• D)seventy percent

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Definitions:

Z

In statistics, typically refers to a standard score indicating how many standard deviations an element is from the mean.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis in statistical analysis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists between certain characteristics, conditions, or variables.

Significance Level

The significance level, also known as alpha, is a pre-determined threshold for statistical significance, used to decide whether an observed effect is not due to chance.

P-values

A numerical measure that helps in determining the significance of results obtained in statistical hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the ones observed during the test, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.