LSAT 109 – Section 3 – Question 07

LSAT 109 - Section 3 - Question 07

December 2000

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT109 S3 Q07
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
80%
167
B
1%
159
C
4%
162
D
7%
159
E
8%
164
131
146
161
 +Medium 148.18 +SubsectionMedium

Unlike newspapers in the old days, today’s newspapers and televised news programs are full of stories about murders and assaults in our city. One can only conclude from this change that violent crime is now out of control, and, to be safe from personal attack, one should not leave one’s home except for absolute necessities.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author concludes that to be safe from attack, people should stay home whenever possible. Why? Because news media cover more violent crime than they used to, meaning violent crime has increased dramatically.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes media cover more violent crime because that crime is much more prevalent, and not for any other reason. In addition, he assumes people are less likely to be victims of violent crime when they stay at home.

A
Newspapers and televised news programs have more comprehensive coverage of violent crime than newspapers did in the old days.
This challenges the assumption that violent crime receives more coverage because it’s out of control. Since media today cover crime more comprehensively, an increase in coverage does not necessarily mean an increase in crime.
B
National data show that violent crime is out of control everywhere, not just in the author’s city.
This expands the scope of the conclusion, but provides no reason to question it. It implies people should stay home across the entire country, not just in the author’s city.
C
Police records show that people experience more violent crimes in their own neighborhoods than they do outside their neighborhoods.
This doesn’t say people are more likely to experience violent crime when they are at home. The author recommends people stick to their homes, not stick to their own neighborhoods when they go out.
D
Murder comprised a larger proportion of violent crimes in the old days than it does today.
This doesn’t say murder rates have decreased. It’s possible other types of violent crime have simply increased more than the murder rate.
E
News magazines play a more important role today in informing the public about crime than they did in the old days.
This doesn’t say newspapers and televised news over-report violent crime. News magazines may report the same amount of violent crime, even if that reporting is more important than it used to be.

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