Deck 2: How Crime Is Measured and Who It Affects

Question 1

Which is a logistical obstacle to measuring crime effectively and efficiently?

A) Problems of definition
B) Problems of resources
C) Problems of politics
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Sutton breaks into a house when the owner is away and looks for valuable items to steal. However, he does not find anything worth taking and leaves. The owner returns later and does not notice anything amiss, nor even realizes the house was entered. How will Sutton's offense be recorded?

A) The offense will be recorded in the National Crime Victimization Survey as a victimization.
B) The offense will be recorded in the Uniform Crime Report as a burglary.
C) The offense will not be recorded; it is part of the dark figure of crime.
D) All of the above

Answer 2

The offense will not be recorded; it is part of the dark figure of crime.

Question 3

Why is it difficult to measure white-collar and corporate crime?

A) Because the National Incident-Based Reporting System primarily reflects environmental crime.
B) White-collar and corporate crime typically fall within state jurisdiction.
C) Corporations over-report white-collar offenses perpetrated against them.
D) Much of the investigation and regulation of corporate and white-collar crime is not done by law enforcement.

Answer 3

Much of the investigation and regulation of corporate and white-collar crime is not done by law enforcement.

Question 4

Why does the National Crime Victimization Survey not account for successfully completed drug transactions?

A) The buyers do not consider themselves crime victims.
B) The hierarchy rule
C) Because the Uniform Crime Reports already records them as crime.
D) All of the above

Question 5

This is designed to gather data on each criminal act even if several acts are committed within the same incident.

A) Part II offenses
B) National Incident-Based Reporting System
C) Uniform Crime Reports
D) FBI's 10 Most Wanted

Question 6

Deborah's cell phone is stolen from her bag. Later a census taker interviews her about the incident. Which term best describes this type of research?

A) UCR study
B) Victimization survey
C) Self-report study
D) NIBRS survey

Question 7

How many offenses are never reported to police?

A) About one-third
B) About ten percent
C) About half
D) About 80 percent

Question 8

In a high school class, a researcher hands out questionnaires that ask the students to identify any criminal offenses they have committed. Which term best describes this type of research?

A) UCR study
B) Arraignment
C) Self-report study
D) Victimization survey

Question 9

Which group of people is not included in considerations of victimization?

A) The victims
B) The families of victims
C) Victims' communities
D) All of the above may be included

Question 10

For rape and sexual assault victims, the criminal justice process is often described this way.

A) The second victimization
B) The first victimization
C) The prime victimization
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which is not included in the typical definition of elder abuse?

A) A victim who is over the age of 60
B) The victim is vulnerable
C) The victim is not dependent on a caregiver
D) Trust between the victim and someone known to the victim is violated

Question 12

Children in this age range account for the highest percentage of child abuse and neglect victims.

A) From age 4 to age 9
B) From age 10 to age 14
C) From birth to age 3
D) From age 15 to age 18

Question 13

Research has shown that children who are physically abused are at a greater risk for this.

A) Mental illness
B) Homelessness
C) Crime
D) All of the above

Question 14

After the trial of James Holmes, who opened fire on an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in July 2012, about 100 family members of the victims spoke in court about how the crime affected them. Which term best relates to this activity?

A) Acquittal
B) Victim-impact statement
C) Bench trial
D) Probable cause

Question 15

In 2015, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population of 905,803, reported 7,179 violent criminal offenses. What was the violent crime rate?

A) 126 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
B) 793 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
C) 650 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
D) 7 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants

Question 16

In 2015, Yakima, Wash., with a population of 249,480, reported 8,825 property offenses. What was the property crime rate?

A) 2,201 property offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
B) 28 property offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
C) 3,537 property offenses per 100,000 inhabitants
D) .03 property offenses per 100,000 inhabitants

Question 17

One of the problems in attempting to measure crime is that all offenses are reported.

Question 18

The categories the UCR uses to conceptualize types of crime reflect the actual criminal statutes in each jurisdiction.

Question 19

Although the UCR provides a reasonably good picture of crime, it does not tell the whole crime story.

Question 20

The UCR is an improvement over the NIBRS because it compensates for the hierarchy rule.

Question 21

The UCR provides better measures of what the police do than of the amount of crime being committed.

Question 22

Taken together, the methods of collecting crime data give us the best picture we have ever had of crime.

Question 23

According to the concept of victim precipitation, many victims play a role in their victimization.