Which of the Following Statements About Crime Counts Is Correct

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about crime counts is correct?

• A)Statistical descriptions of the prison population are the least valid indicators of how the criminal justice system responds to crime.
• B)Counts of convictions are far valid reflections of the causes of criminal behaviour.
• C)As the reliability of a statistical measure increases,its validity as a count of crime also increases.
• D)In general,the official (UCR)crime rate statistics underestimates the actual level of crime.

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