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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.

____	1.	The FBI oversees the National Crime Victimization Survey.

____	2.	UCR data is sometimes questioned because police are not required to report to the FBI.

____	3.	Crime increases may actually reflect the way the police record their data.

____	4.	The National Crime Victim Survey found that less than half of all violent crimes are reported to the police.

____	5.	One problem with victim surveys is that the victim may misinterpret the event.

____	6.	Self report data findings show that people commit far fewer crimes than those projected by official statistics.

____	7.	The availability of legalized abortion is one factor that has been used to explain the recent drop in crime rates.

____	8.	Violent crime in the United States has increased significantly in the last few years.

____	9.	Self reports of African-American teens show more criminal involvement than white teens.

____	10.	Most criminologists feel that the differences in black and white violent crime rates can be explained by racism.

____	11.	It is estimated that there are 75,000 gang members in the United States.

____	12.	According to the Philadelphia cohort study, most offenders continue with more serious crimes after their first arrest.

____	13.	Three strikes laws were inspired by the research findings of the Philadelphia birth cohort study.

____	14.	Marvin Wolfgang was the lead researcher on the Philadelphia Birth Cohort study.

____	15.	The Philadelphia Birth Cohort study found that arrest and court appearances did little to deter chronic offenders.