Which Phenomenon Has Been Used to Explain the Crime Drop

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which phenomenon has been used to explain the crime drop in the 1990s?

• A) the cohort effect
• B) The Hawthorne effect
• C) the aging out phenomenon
• D) the maturation phenomenon

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