A Great Deal of Criminal Justice Research Uses Data Collected

question 18

True/False

A great deal of criminal justice research uses data collected by state and local agencies such as police, criminal courts, probation offices, juvenile authorities, and corrections departments. Government agencies gather a vast amount of crime and criminal justice data, probably rivaled only by efforts to produce economic and public health indicators. Such information as "data from agency records."

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