Which Statement About Race/ethnicity and Crime Is Correct

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which statement about race/ethnicity and crime is correct?

• A) According to UCR data, Whites and Asians had the highest violent victimization rates, while Whites had the lowest offending rates.
• B) Data from the Uniform Crime Reports show Blacks/African Americans are over represented in each offense type.
• C) Asians had the highest violent crime arrest rates and violent victimization rates.
• D) Data from the Uniform Crime Reports show Whites are overrepresented for violent offenses and underrepresented for property offenses.

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Definitions:

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, and vice versa.

Optimal Consumption

The combination of goods and services that provides the highest level of satisfaction to an individual, given their income and the prices of those goods and services.

Prices Constant

An assumption in economic analysis that prices remain unchanged over a specific period, allowing for the examination of other variables' effects without price fluctuations.

Diminishing Marginal Rate

The principle that as the quantidade of a variable input increases, with all other inputs fixed, a point will be reached where the additions to output will begin to decrease.