The proposal to hire ten new police officers in Middletown is quite foolish. There is sufficient funding to pay the salaries of the new officers, but not the salaries of additional court and prisoner employees to processed the increased ceaseload of arrests and convictions that new officers usually generate.
Which of the following, if true, will most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?
(A) Studies have shown that an increase in a city's police force does not necessarily reduce crime.
(B) When one major city increased its police force by 19 percent last year, there were 40 percent more arrests and 13 percent more convictions.
(C) If funding for the new police officers' salaries is approved, supports for other city services will have to be reduced during the next fiscal year.
(D) In most United State cities, not all arrests result in convictions, and not all convictions result in prison terms.
(E) Middletown's ratio of police officers to citizens has reach a level at which an increase in the number of officers will have a deterrent effect on crime.
Ans(E)
我選答案D,題目問weaken,答案D說逮捕的不一定會定罪,定罪的不一定會關,步就不需要題目說的那些對法庭及獄卒薪水的支出..不就weaken到題目說法
答案E我怎麼看都不覺得有很大的關係,M地的警民比例已經到一定的程度,增加警力對犯罪會有威嚇力..感覺是無關的選項說
板上的大大幫我看一下思路錯在哪嗎?