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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what percentage did violent crime drop between 1995 and 2000?
(a) 25%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 15%.

2. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Cher.
(c) Fergie.
(d) Prince.

3. What was the well-publicized theory that informed the new policing strategies in New York in the Nineties?
(a) The community development theory.
(b) The repeat offender theory.
(c) The empowerment-disempowerment theory.
(d) The borken window theory.

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
(a) Diarrhea.
(b) Colic.
(c) Elephantisis.
(d) Malnourishment.

5. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $65,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the authors' hypothetical comparison of two boys' lives, where does the poor black boy grow up?

2. Which of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid low?

3. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?

4. Why did pro-gun advocate John R. Lott create a female pseudonym?

5. In summation, what does Levitt claim was the source of the Klan's power in the twentieth century?

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