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More women than men are arrested from crimes each year in the united states.

a. true
b. false

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It's false that more women than men are arrested for crimes each year in the U.S. Men experience significantly higher rates of incarceration than women, and this is consistent across different racial and ethnic groups, with men of color being disproportionately affected.

Explanation:

Gender Disparities in Crime Rates:

False, more men than women are arrested for crimes each year in the United States. The assertion that more women are arrested each year is incorrect according to the available statistics and information on imprisonment rates by sex and race/ethnicity. The United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any major nation, with substantial disparities in incarceration rates between men and women.

For instance, data shows that Black men are almost six times as likely to be imprisoned as white men, and Hispanic men as well as men of other races/ethnicities are more than twice as likely to be imprisoned compared to their white counterparts. In comparison, while women are imprisoned at drastically lower rates in general, there also exist disparities among women, with higher rates of imprisonment for women of color.

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