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25 Jul 2022, 01:30
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The rise of violent crimes in Redville is due to a lack of police involvement in the community. While the police are visible on the streets and driving around on patrols, they do not speak to school-age students or appear at community functions nearly as much as they should. Therefore, when these students become young adults, they do not respect or fear the authority of the police, and thus commit violent crimes without thinking twice.
Which of the following, if true, best weakens the conclusion made above?
A. The Redville Police Department has hired 25 new officers since the most recent crime statistics were released.
B. Studies have shown a clear link between police involvement in the community and violent crime rates.
C. The rate of nonviolent crimes in Redville has declined over the last several years.
D. Police officers don't speak in schools because school officials have discontinued the anti-crime programs that brought officers to schools.
E. Most of the violent crimes in Redville are committed by people who live in other towns.
Which of the following, if true, best weakens the conclusion made above?
A. The Redville Police Department has hired 25 new officers since the most recent crime statistics were released.
B. Studies have shown a clear link between police involvement in the community and violent crime rates.
C. The rate of nonviolent crimes in Redville has declined over the last several years.
D. Police officers don't speak in schools because school officials have discontinued the anti-crime programs that brought officers to schools.
E. Most of the violent crimes in Redville are committed by people who live in other towns.
16 Sep 2022, 02:54
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A. The Redville Police Department has hired 25 new officers since the most recent crime statistics were released.
The increasing of the number of police officers is irrelevant to the conclusion. The number of police officers is not what the issue is. The author argues that the lack of community engagement by police is what leads youngsters not respecting or fearing police authority.
B. Studies have shown a clear link between police involvement in the community and violent crime rates.
This could weaken or strengthen the conclusion made by the author. This choices specifies that there is a link, however, it does to specify what the link is.
C. The rate of nonviolent crimes in Redville has declined over the last several years.
Irrelevant. The conclusion is that the lack of community engagement by police leads to youngsters committing violent crimes. While nonviolent crimes may be on the decline, violent crimes could be on the rise.
D. Police officers don't speak in schools because school officials have discontinued the anti-crime programs that brought officers to schools.
This choice just offers an explanation as to why a certain specific type of community engagement no longer occurs. This does nothing to weaken the conclusion.
E. Most of the violent crimes in Redville are committed by people who live in other towns.
If the majority of violent crime committed in Redville is by people from other towns, then the police's community engagement will not have a notable impact on the state of violent crimes.
Answer E
The increasing of the number of police officers is irrelevant to the conclusion. The number of police officers is not what the issue is. The author argues that the lack of community engagement by police is what leads youngsters not respecting or fearing police authority.
B. Studies have shown a clear link between police involvement in the community and violent crime rates.
This could weaken or strengthen the conclusion made by the author. This choices specifies that there is a link, however, it does to specify what the link is.
C. The rate of nonviolent crimes in Redville has declined over the last several years.
Irrelevant. The conclusion is that the lack of community engagement by police leads to youngsters committing violent crimes. While nonviolent crimes may be on the decline, violent crimes could be on the rise.
D. Police officers don't speak in schools because school officials have discontinued the anti-crime programs that brought officers to schools.
This choice just offers an explanation as to why a certain specific type of community engagement no longer occurs. This does nothing to weaken the conclusion.
E. Most of the violent crimes in Redville are committed by people who live in other towns.
If the majority of violent crime committed in Redville is by people from other towns, then the police's community engagement will not have a notable impact on the state of violent crimes.
Answer E
11 Apr 2026, 20:35
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I was really thinking that the answer was E but selected D. Because the conclusion talks about the young adults that study in the schools and then commit crime. We have to attack the conclusion and D does that better than E.
