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1000CR Question No 10 : LSATII

by samyak » Thu May 13, 2010 9:46 am
10. Even if a crime that has been committed by computer is discovered and reported, the odds of being both arrested and convicted greatly favor the criminal.
Each of the following, if true, supports the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) The preparation of computer-fraud cases takes much more time than is required for average fraud cases, and the productivity of prosecutors is evaluated by the number of good cases made.
(B) In most police departments, officers are rotated through different assignments every two or three years, a shorter time than it takes to become proficient as a computer-crime investigator.
(C) The priorities of local police departments, under whose jurisdiction most computer crime falls, are weighted toward visible street crime that communities perceive as threatening.
(D) Computer criminals have rarely been sentenced to serve time in prison, because prisons are overcrowded with violent criminals and drug offenders.
(E) The many police officers who are untrained in computers often inadvertently destroy the physical evidence of computer crime.

Please answer this question. Please give your reasoning as well.
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by thephoenix » Thu May 13, 2010 9:59 am
IMO A
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by samyak » Thu May 13, 2010 10:39 am
OA ia D. Please explain your reasoning as well.
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by jeffedwards » Thu May 13, 2010 10:40 am
IMO D

Claim: odds of being both arrested and convicted greatly favor the criminal

D - Computer criminals have rarely been sentenced to serve time in prison, because prisons are overcrowded with violent criminals and drug offenders.

D does not support the claim, because this says nothing about the being arrested or convicted...where a criminal goes is after the arrest and conviction (found guilty)

Everything else appears to support the claim.
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by sk818020 » Thu May 13, 2010 11:01 am
Not (A), because if prosecuters are judged by how many good cases thet propose, then there would be an incentive not go after computer fraud cases because they take so long to propose a good case. This would support the claim.

Not (B) because police not having proficiency at computer crime investegation means they are more apt to not catch computer criminals. This supports the claim.

Not (C) beacuse if priorities of police are to catch street criminals, they are not likely to go after computer criminals until all the street criminals are gone. This supports the claim.

(D) is correct because not serving time in prison doesn't say anything about the odds of being both arrested and convicted. The stimulus does not say that its not possible to be arrested, convicted and not go to prison.

Not (E) because if police are destroying the evidence then this decreases the odds of a conviction. This supports the claim.

Hope this helps.


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