Gender Appears So Closely Linked to Most Forms of Criminal

question 44

Multiple Choice

Gender appears so closely linked to most forms of criminal activity that it has been called ________.

• A) "the investigator's key"  
• B) "the prosecutor's crutch"  
• C) "the solution to investigative stalls"
• D) "the best single predictor of criminality"
• E) "the defence council's ace"

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