Chapter 3: Defining and Measuring Crime
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- Q1Self-reported surveys collect crime data fromvictimslaw enforcementoffenderscriminologists120s
- Q2Flaws in the UCR cited in the text include all of the following, exceptlack of citizen reportinglack of political supportpolice under-reportingdifferential interpretations120s
- Q3According to routine activities theory, which of the following is NOT one of the factors necessary for a crime to occur?privacya likely offendera suitable targetabsence of a capable guardian120s
- Q4Since the mid-1990s, crime rates nationwide in the United States havefluctuated up and downincreaseddeclinedstayed the same120s
- Q5Which group are most likely to be victims of homicide?Native AmericansAfrican AmericansHispanicsCaucasians120s
- Q6Data for the NCVS is is collected bythe Federal Bureau of Investigationthe Census Bureauthe Department of Homeland Securityuniversity researchers120s
- Q7The highest rate of victimization occurs among women between the ages oftwelve and thirty-fourten and eleventhirty-five and fiftyfifty-one and seventy120s
- Q8Civil law involves all of the following, exceptdamagesa plaintiffa defendantan indictment120s
- Q9In the UCR, the FBI presents crime data in all of the following ways exceptin rank order by occurrencetotal number of crimesrate per 100,000 peoplepercentage change from a previous period120s
- Q10By the mid-1990s, many of those most heavily involved in a _______ boom that shook the nation in the late 1980s had been killed or imprisoned, or were no longer offending, leading to a decrease in the crime rate.crack cocainemarijuanaheroinmethamphetamine120s
- Q11Part II offenses do not includevagrancyarsonDUIgambling120s
- Q12Part II offenses includeall drug offensesall crimes recorded by the FBI that do not fall into the Part I categoryno set list; they vary from year to yearcrimes identified by INTERPOL as significant threats120s
- Q13Misdemeanors are crimes punishable by a fine or by confinement for up to _____ months61293120s
- Q14The majority of Part I offenses committed in the United States arewhite-collar crimesviolent crimespublic order offensesproperty crimes120s
- Q15Proof of guilt in a criminal case requiresproof of tortproof beyond a reasonable doubtproof without doubtproof beyond reasonable suspicion120s