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Bursik and Webb's Research on Community Change Patterns and Race

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Bursik and Webb's research on community change patterns and race indicated that:


A) racial minorities are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in society.
B) increased police patrols in hot-spot areas can dramatically reduce drug dealing, robbery, and other forms of street crime.
C) the criminal justice system can prevent crime if criminals are punished more swiftly and severely.
D) neighborhood instability caused by mass migrations of people from urban areas to the suburbs was responsible for increasing crime rates in some urban areas during the 1950s.
E) community policing contributes to increased feelings of safety among residents.

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