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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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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by British words spelled with a "u."

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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.

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.

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Once again, however, this is only part of the point he's making, so we can leave choice

01:25

(C) by the wayside.

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It doesn't seem like there'd be much point in writing an entire book about criminal sociology

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if you didn't think it wouldn't do anybody any good.

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Choice (D) is a definite no.

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(B) correctly describes the overall purpose of the passage.

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Ferri wants to show just why criminal sociology is useful in addressing the problem of crime.

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For... people who consider crime a problem, that is.

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