Deck 2: Measuring Delinquency

Question 1

Factors, such as gender, race, social class, and age, that give insight into the nature of delinquency are known as

A) social definitions.
B) status behaviors.
C) correlates of crime.
D) measures of delinquency.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Offenses, such as truancy, running away, and underage drinking, fit more into the __________ definition of delinquency.

A) legal
B) social
C) criminal
D) status

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The three elements involved in a crime triangle are victim, offender, and __________

A) location.
B) motive.
C) weapon.
D) judge.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The use of the Uniform Crime Reports began in ________

A) 1927.
B) 1929.
C) 1930.
D) 1949

Question 5

The Uniform Crime Reports program was created by the __________

A) Federal Bureau of Investigations.
B) Central Intelligence Agency.
C) Attorney General of the United States.
D) International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Question 6

How many crimes fall under Part II of the UCR?

A) 21
B) 7
C) 14
D) 32

Question 7

In order to compare crime rates between different locations, the FBI lists the number of Part I crimes of the UCR as a rate per __________ people.

A) 100
B) 100,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 1,000

Question 8

The percentage of crimes "solved" by arrest is known as the___________

A) enforcement rate.
B) closed average.
C) incarceration size.
D) clearance rate.

Question 9

When the police know the identity of a suspect, but cannot make a physical arrest, it is cleared for the UCR through ___________

A) sufficient evidence.
B) confessional evidence.
C) exceptional means.
D) single-offense reporting.

Question 10

The phrase dark figure of crime describes ___________

A) unsolved mysteries.
B) unreported crimes.
C) nighttime crimes.
D) unreliable report

Question 11

Which of the following would likely not contribute to unreported crimes?

A) Fear of Retaliation
B) Understanding the Circumstances
C) Lack of Confidence in Police
D) Nothing Can be Done

Question 12

Which of the following is a problem with the UCR definition of forcible rape?

A) It includes minors.
B) It includes attempted rape.
C) It excludes women over the age of consent.
D) It excludes male rape.

Question 13

If officers respond to a call of criminal activity but finds no evidence of a crime, the incident is declared __________.

Question 14

The rank-ordering of offenses for the UCR, often contributing to an artificial evaluation of the amount and frequency of crime, is known as a(n) ____________

Question 15

In the politics of policing, there is often a problem of ___________

Question 16

To update and modernize the UCR, the FBI developed the __________

Question 17

How does The National Crime Victimization Survey gather its data? A ______ survey.

Question 18

Burglary, household larceny, and motor vehicle theft are examples of __________.

Question 19

Surveys or interviews that ask students about their experiences with criminal activity are called __________.

Question 20

Self-report surveys usually have a good accuracy in the responses, also known as __________.

Question 21

Adolescents who engage in criminal activity early in life and continue at a high rate well into adulthood are known as __________

Question 22

__________ are most likely to be the victims of physical abuse.

Question 23

The racial group that was arrested for a disproportionate number of violent crimes was __________.

Question 24

According to the 2018 NCVS, more than 90 percent of violent crimes were reported to the police.

Question 25

Burglary has the highest reporting levels by victims of all crimes.

Question 26

According to self-report data, about 90 percent of juveniles have committed acts that could have resulted in incarceration had they been caught and prosecuted.

Question 27

A major drawback of self-report surveys is that they overlook the most active offenders.

Question 28

The combination of the UCR and the NCVS reveals how many youths committed crimes but were not arrested.

Question 29

Factors that can help to understand how, when, where, and why delinquency occurs are called correlates to delinquency.

Question 30

The economic fallacy occurs when certain conditions found in poorer neighborhoods render higher delinquency patterns.

Question 31

Living in a two-parent household increases the chance that a youth will be victimized

Question 32

Someone who has five or more drinks on the same occasion or within a few hours on at least one day in the past thirty is a binge drinker.

Question 33

Generally speaking, older youths engage in delinquent acts less frequently in than younger youths.

Question 34

Youth surveys have helped juvenile justice officials and researchers to better understand methods of prosecution.