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ACT Reading 2.8 Social Science Passage. Which of the following statements or ideas is not expressed in the passage?

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by self-defense. That's what we're claiming, anyway.

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Which of the following statements or ideas is NOT expressed in the passage?

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So we're looking for the choice that doesn't belong.

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Or as my Grandma used to say, "We're looking for the dead fish in apple barrel."

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Ferri talks about how awesome all the recent advances are in the first couple paragraphs,

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so choice (A) is off the list. For whatever reason, Ferri also feels the

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need to fill us in on the degrees of popularity of the correctional school of law throughout Europe.

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(B) is nixed. Ferri does call out the Romans for not establishing

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their philosophical system of criminal law.

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Choice (C) doesn't make the cut.

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Choice (D) is the only one that doesn't make an appearance in the passage.

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Although Ferri acknowledges the importance of some individual psychology in criminal

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law, he also argues for the importance of a sociological approach.

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Looks like we found our dead fish. Right, Grandma?

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