Deck 2: Victims and Offenders Myths and Realities About Crime

Question 1

Household victimization rates are highest for __________ in suburban areas.

A)African Americans
B)Hispanics
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)multi-racial individuals

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Household victimization rates are lowest for __________ in rural areas.

A)African Americans
B)whites
C)Hispanics
D)multi-racial individuals

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Arrests of Native Americans made by tribal police are:

A)not recorded in UCR data.
B)recorded in UCR data.
C)included in county arrest data.
D)not that important.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted by the _____.

A)U.S. Census Bureau
B)Bureau of Justice Statistics
C)Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)U.S. Department of Justice

Question 5

The most systematic source of victimization information is the _____.

A)UCR
B)SHR
C)NIBRS
D)NCVS

Question 6

When the police decide that a reported crime is "unfounded," the incident is:

A)not substantiated by evidence.
B)filed on an official report but not investigated.
C)not counted as an offense known to the police.
D)not important

Question 7

The NCVS survey sample is chosen on the basis of __________.

A)voter registration rolls
B)county property registers
C)the most recent census data
D)driver's license rolls

Question 8

According to the NCVS __________ victims are disproportionately represented in all crimes of violence.

A)Hispanics
B)whites
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)African American

Question 9

Hoax perpetrators have been charged with _______, but this occurs in less than half of the documented cases .

A)assault
B)fraud
C)intimidating witnesses
D)filing false police reports

Question 10

The information on offenders gleaned from the UCR is incomplete and __________ because it includes only offenders whose crimes result in arrest.

A)potentially misleading
B)proven inaccurate
C)proven useless as a research tool
D)All of the above.

Question 11

The crimes that receive the most attention from the media, from politicians, and from criminal justice policymakers, are:

A)crimes involving white victims.
B)crimes involving African American offenders.
C)street crimes such as murder, robbery, and rape.
D)All of the above.

Question 12

The NCVS respondents reveal the hate incidents they report to the police are confirmed by police investigation in fewer than __ percent of incidents

A)25
B)5
C)30
D)10

Question 13

The race and ethnicity of the household is recorded as:

A)the race and ethnicity of the adult completing the household questionnaire.
B)the dominant race and ethnicity of the household population.
C)"multiracial" if the household population consists of two or more races.
D)"multiethnic" if the household population consists of two or more ethnicities.

Question 14

Household victimization rates are highest for __________ in urban areas.

A)Hispanics
B)whites
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)multi-racial individuals

Question 15

Early self-report surveys conducted before 1980 found:

A)little difference in delinquency rates across all races.
B)little difference in delinquency rates between African Americans and whites .
C)significant differences in delinquency rates across all races.
D)significant differences in delinquency rates between African Americans and whites .

Question 16

Members of NCVS selected households are contacted either in person or by phone every _____ months for _____ years

A)6, 2
B)12, 2
C)6, 3
D)12, 3

Question 17

NCVS victimization information is collected from persons age _____ and older who are members of the household selected in the sample.

A)8
B)12
C)18
D)21

Question 18

The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetuated by a ____ person charging an African American. 

A)African American
B)Latino
C)white
D)Asian

Question 19

Respondents who report personal victimization are asked to describe the nature and response to the crime as well as:

A)to describe the offender and their relationship, if any.
B)the after-effects of the victimization.
C)whether he/she has had voluntary post-victimization contact with the offender.
D)whether he/she has had involuntary post-victimization contact with the offender.

Question 20

Starting in 2003, NCVS respondents were able to self-report:

A)more than one ethnicity.
B)more than one race.
C)only one ethnicity.
D)only one race.

Question 21

Immigrants tend to have ______________ rates of criminal offending than native born individuals.

Question 22

Elijah Anderson's "Code of the Street" theory attempts to explain violent delinquency among  __________.

Question 23

The racial differences in NCVS household victimization rates vary depending on the degree of __________.

Question 24

Analysis of all data sources reveals that crime is predominantly:

A)an interracial event.
B)an intraracial event.
C)racially indiscriminate.
D)racially specific by region.

Question 25

The media often suggest crime is increasing at astronomical rates, when in fact the great American crime drop brought crime rates to historic lows .

Question 26

Victimization data reveal that whites are more likely than racial minorities in most circumstances to be victimized by crime.

Question 27

Racial hoaxes are most often perpetuated by African Americans. 

Question 28

The first gangs in the US were African American.

Question 29

NCVS information is collected from persons age 16 and older who are members of the household selected in the sample.

Question 30

Media reports exactly mirror the number and types of crime in the US.

Question 31

Researchers estimate that females represent ________ of all gang members.

A)between 50 and 60% 
B)between 30 and 50%
C)between 1 and 5%
D)between 10 and 25%

Question 32

Generally, hate crime legislation is:

A)enacted in the form of penalty enhancements for existing common law offenses.
B)enacted as new criminal statutes specifying hate crime elements and punishments.
C)limited to federal sanctions pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
D)limited to state criminal codes only.

Question 33

Jacobs argued that a hate crime statute creates a law that is unlikely to deter and that its implementation:

A)serves no purpose.
B)will widen social division.
C)is constitutionally questionable.
D)All of the above.

Question 34

The universal definition of gang, established in the Uniform Crime Reports, fails to address ethnicity-based gang groups .

Question 35

Most gangs are:

A)racially heterogeneous.
B)ethnically homogenous.
C)racially and ethnically homogeneous.
D)racially and ethnically heterogeneous.

Question 36

NCVS interviews are conducted at 6-month intervals.

Question 37

The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that the likelihood of a female being raped during her lifetime is nearly one out of every __________ females .

Question 38

Gangs are exclusively male.

Question 39

NCVS __________ victimization incident questionnaires are administered to household members age 12 and older.

Question 40

The majority of offenders are black.

Question 41

Explain racial hoaxes and the perceived effects they have on communities.

Question 42

The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that the likelihood of a black female being raped during her lifetime is nearly one out of every __________ females .

Question 43

Hate crime is also referred to as __________ crime .

Question 44

______ ______ represent less than 1 percent (0.5 percent)of the sample population of non-Hispanic respondents in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

Question 45

What are the theoretical explanations for the racial gap in offending?

Question 46

Discuss the limitations of the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Question 47

Generally, hate crime legislation is enacted in the form of penalty _______.

Question 48

Explain two of the myths around gangs in America.

Question 49

Explain why critics of missing person cases involving women argue that the public is being misled.

Question 50

Crime is predominantly an __________ event .