Which of the following scholars is credited with being the first to show that the annual number of murders reported in France were relatively constant and so too were the proportion of murders committed using guns, swords, knives, stones, kicks and punches, and strangulation?
A) Adolphe Quételet
B) Émile Durkheim's
C) Francois Menard
D) none of these

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Adolphe Quételet is credited with being the first to demonstrate the regularity in the annual number of reported murders in France, including the consistency in the proportion of murders committed by various means. His work laid foundational concepts for the field of social statistics and the study of social phenomena.

Which of the Following Scholars Is Credited with Being the First