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Children who are abused or neglected are far more likely to become criminals as adults, according
to a study released by an organization of police chiefs, prosecutors, psychologists and crime victims.
The report by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids recommends more money for pre-kindergarten programs and
parenting classes, saying the cost will be offset later when children who might have been burdens on
society grow up to be upstanding citizens. “Children who survive abuse and neglect can be significantly
injured,” said one of the report's authors, Dr. Randell Alexander. “Many go on to hurt others. If you are
born into a world of violence, you wire yourself for violence, not for peace.”
Using various governmental data and academic and advocacy group studies, researchers said child
abuse and neglect is vastly underreported. The 900,000 cases reported annually by the Health and
Human Services Department may be only one-third of the actual total, the report said. The report cited a
study published by Dr. Cathy Spatz Widom, a professor of criminal justice and psychology at the State
University of New York at Albany, found that individuals who had been abused or neglected as
youngsters were 29 percent more likely to become violent criminals than other children. Using that
estimate, researchers said 36,000 children will become violent criminals when they reach adulthood,
including 250 who will become murders.
The report's authors include four local prosecutors and two sheriffs. They said the findings illustrate
the need for more governmental funds for pre-kindergarten programs and parenting classes for families
considered high-risk for child abuse, primarily those on welfare or headed by high school dropouts.

41. The people who participated in this study did NOT include .
(A) police officers
(B) government officials
(C) crime victims
(D) scholars
(E) social workers

參考答案

答案：E
難度：困難0.361702
統計：A(3),B(9),C(10),D(8),E(17)

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