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	Present criminology is the study of likely futures as they relate to crime and its control.

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	Futures research has been described as a multidisciplinary branch of operations research whose principal aim is to facilitate long-range planning

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	The globalization of crime has led to a resurgence in interest in comparative criminology, or the study of crime on a cross-national level.

	True False

	Ethnocentrism, or culture-centeredness, can interfere with the work of comparative criminologists in a number of ways, including the ways in which crime statistics are gathered, analyzed, and presented.

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	Trend extrapolation makes future predictions based on the projection of existing trends.

	True False

	Center-impact analysis attempts to analyze one trend or event in light of the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a series of related events.

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	Ecology scanning is a targeted effort to collect as much information as possible in a systematic effort to identify in an elemental way future developments that could plausibly occur over the time horizon of interest and that might affect one's area of concern.

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	Scenario reading builds upon environmental scanning by attempting to assess the likelihood of a variety of possible outcomes once important trends have been identified.

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	Strategic assessment provides an appreciation of the risks and opportunities facing those who plan for the future.

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	Methodologies are theories about theories and the theorizing process.

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Present criminology is the study of likely futures as they relate to crime and its control.

Futures research has been described as a multidisciplinary branch of operations research whose principal aim is to facilitate long-range planning

The globalization of crime has led to a resurgence in interest in comparative criminology, or the study of crime on a cross-national level.

Ethnocentrism, or culture-centeredness, can interfere with the work of comparative criminologists in a number of ways, including the ways in which crime statistics are gathered, analyzed, and presented.

Trend extrapolation makes future predictions based on the projection of existing trends.

Center-impact analysis attempts to analyze one trend or event in light of the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a series of related events.

Ecology scanning is a targeted effort to collect as much information as possible in a systematic effort to identify in an elemental way future developments that could plausibly occur over the time horizon of interest and that might affect one's area of concern.

Scenario reading builds upon environmental scanning by attempting to assess the likelihood of a variety of possible outcomes once important trends have been identified.

Strategic assessment provides an appreciation of the risks and opportunities facing those who plan for the future.

Methodologies are theories about theories and the theorizing process.