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Highlight and Explain Three Different Factors That Affect Police-Reported Crime

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Highlight and explain three different factors that affect police-reported crime rates.


Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

A theory proposing that people experience discomfort (dissonance) when their beliefs, knowledge, or behaviors are inconsistent, leading them to attempt to reduce the dissonance and restore harmony.

Social Identity Theory

Social Identity Theory explains how individuals derive part of their identity from the groups they belong to, influencing their behaviors and attitudes in intergroup contexts.

Cohesive

Characterized by unity and the tendency of a group or material to stick together.

Successive Stage Theory

A concept in development that suggests entities go through a series of distinct and chronological stages or phases as they evolve or progress.

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