Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Crimes are mainly committed by the young, and for this reason merely

The question stem complicates the simple argument. The question means the findings above go against which of the following statements? What can not be inferred from the statements above?

The statement says -
Crimes are mainly committed by the young.

Merely increasing the number of police officers OR
expenditures on police services

- has little effect on reducing the crime rate
Only factor associated with a crime-rate drop is a decrease in the number of people in the community aged fourteen to thirty.

(A) the likelihood that any law enforcement program will be effective in reducing the crime rate within a short time - the likelihood of a decrease in crime rate within a short period is not supported by the argument. How can we decrease crime when the only way that shows the crime rate is to decrease the number of people? All the statements in the argument go against this statement.
(B) increasing prison terms for young people found guilty of crimes - if we increase the prison term,
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Statistics : Posted by RD109 • on 18 Jun 2007, 11:30 • Replies 19 • Views 23558

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