Deck 14: Violence Is on the Rise in the United States--No One Is Safe

Question 1

FBI crime statistics reveal that ______.

A) there is much more crime than indicated by victimization studies
B) crime has been steadily increasing over the last several decades
C) property crime occurs much more frequently than crimes of violence
D) our persistently high fear of crime is justified by the UCRs

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Compared to other industrialized nations of the world ______.

A) the United States has a significantly lower violent crime rate
B) the United States has a violent crime rate on par with major industrialized nations
C) the United States has a violent crime rate that is higher than that found in many other industrialized nations
D) the United States has a significantly lower property crime rate than most other nations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Crimes of violence are best understood as ______.

A) random events
B) relatively rare events
C) events between strangers
D) All of these choices are correct.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The UCRs and victimization surveys ______.

A) agree that property crime is much more prevalent than crimes of violence
B) produce remarkably similar estimates of property crime
C) produce remarkably similar estimates of violent crime
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 5

The public's fear of crimes of violence is best understood via ______.

A) the prevalence of violent crime as indicated by the UCRs
B) the prevalence of violent crime as indicated by victimization surveys
C) the influence of mass media's depiction of violent crime
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Mass shootings are generally defined as ______.

A) 4 or more deaths per incident
B) 2 or more deaths per incident
C) 10 or more deaths per incident
D) 12 or more deaths per incident

Question 7

According to research by epidemiologist Bill Gardner, the frequency of mass shootings in the United States ______.

A) has actually been decreasing in recent years
B) has been increasing
C) has remained fairly steady
D) shows no discernable pattern

Question 8

Murder tends to be a crime ______.

A) of the poor
B) between strangers
C) between females
D) of the poor and between females

Question 9

If risk of death or injury fed our fears, we should be most fearful of ______.

A) strangers
B) the workplace
C) dark alleys
D) our cars

Question 10

Research indicates that heavy viewers of media ______.

A) are more likely to be victims of crimes of violence
B) are more likely to overestimate crime rates
C) are more likely to be violent themselves
D) are more likely to underestimate crime rates

Question 11

Crime statistics indicate that the majority of victims of simple assault ______.

A) were out after curfew
B) did something to provoke their attack
C) know their attacker
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 12

The social patterns of murder show it to be ______.

A) essentially a "male" crime
B) essentially an "intraracial" crime
C) essentially a "youth" crime
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 13

Victimization studies produce crime statistics based on ______.

A) FBI reporting
B) official crime reports by local police
C) the UCRs
D) self-reporting by victims

Question 14

For about the last two decades, all measures of violent crime ______.

A) show a decrease in the violent crime rate
B) show a sharp increase in the violent crime rate
C) show a modest increase in the violent crime rate
D) show no significant change in the violent crime rate