In Sherman and colleagues' research dealing with crime hot spots they chose to use 'calls for service' to local law enforcement as a means of measuring where different types of crimes happened with greatest frequency.They noted some problems with the use of calls for service.Which of the following represents those problems?
A) there is a potential for duplicate calls to local law enforcement for any one event
B) there may be false reports, in other words no crime happened
C) there can be misleading findings such as parking lots or hospitals may appear to be hot spots when in fact they are not
D) all of the above

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All of the listed problems are potential issues with using calls for service to measure crime hot spots. Duplicate calls can make it seem like there is more crime happening in an area than there actually is, false reports can inflate crime statistics, and certain locations (like hospitals or parking lots) may generate more calls without actually experiencing high levels of criminal activity.

In Sherman and Colleagues' Research Dealing with Crime Hot Spots