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ACT Reading 2.1 Social Science Passage. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
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- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by British words spelled with a "u."
- 00:09
It's not our favourite thing.
- 00:43
Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
- 00:55
The main idea here is that we're looking for the point of the passage as a whole.
- 00:59
So we can get rid of anything that strikes us as too specific.
Full Transcript
- 01:04
Ferri does suggest that crime is progressively increasing.
- 01:08
However, this is only one point among many and doesn't come close to summing up the
- 01:14
whole passage. Choice (A) is incorrect.
- 01:17
Our guy does give us a brief tour through the history of criminal law.
- 01:21
Once again, however, this is only part of the point he's making, so we can leave choice
- 01:25
(C) by the wayside.
- 01:26
It doesn't seem like there'd be much point in writing an entire book about criminal sociology
- 01:30
if you didn't think it wouldn't do anybody any good.
- 01:33
Choice (D) is a definite no.
- 01:34
(B) correctly describes the overall purpose of the passage.
- 01:38
Ferri wants to show just why criminal sociology is useful in addressing the problem of crime.
- 01:44
For... people who consider crime a problem, that is.
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