QUESTION TYPE: Weaken
CONCLUSION: Violent crime is becoming a serious problem in the town; the average resident of the town is more likely than ever to become a victim of violent crime.
REASONING: Police responded to 17% more calls about violent crimes this year.
ANALYSIS: My first thought was: “What if the police were just less lazy this year?” The number of phone calls about violent crimes does not necessary indicate how many violent crimes actually occurred.
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- This doesn’t tell us anything about the level of violent crimes.
- We’re concerned about violent crimes in general, not how they affect different age groups.
- CORRECT. This weakens the argument. People are more willing to call in, so the increased number of phone calls responded to by the police is not necessarily an indication of an increase in violent crimes.
- This tells us nothing about the crime rate.
- That may be, but we only care whether the crime rate has gone up or down.
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