Deck 1: Global Crime in Context: Defining and Measuring Global Crime

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:

-Anomie

Answer 1

A situation in which society provides little or no moral guidance to individuals.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:

-Comparative crime.

Answer 2

The measure of how crime varies across countries.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:
-Cultural dimensions framework.

Answer 3

Hofstede's theory that a society's culture affects its members' values and that these values relate to behavior.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:

-Discrimination.

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:

-Ethnicity.

Question 6

What is the definition of the following word:

-Ethnocentrism.

Question 7

What is the definition of the following word:
-Gender role.

Question 8

What is the definition of the following word:
-Globalization.

Question 9

What is the definition of the following word:
-International crime.

Question 10

What is the definition of the following word:

-Police discretion.

Question 11

What is the definition of the following word:
-Prejudice.

Question 12

What is the definition of the following word:

-Race

Question 13

What is the definition of the following word:
-Self-report studies.

Question 14

What is the definition of the following word:
-Transnational crime.

Question 15

What is the definition of the following word:
-Transnational organized crime.

Question 16

What is the definition of the following word:
-Victimization surveys.

Question 17

What is not one of the institutions formed by culture?

A) Religion
B) Laws
C) Technology
D) Social institutions
E) None of the above

Question 18

______ is the evaluation of other cultures according to ideas originating from one's own culture.

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Racism
C) Crime
D) Discrimination

Question 19

____ is the most powerful factor affecting the world's societies since colonialism.

A) Globalization
B) Crime
C) Technology
D) Religion

Question 20

____ are social and behavioral norms that cultures consider to be appropriate to each sex.

A) Gender roles
B) Family norms
C) Sexual identity
D) Femininity

Question 21

Approximately how many students are crossing geographic and educational borders in pursuit of international education every year?

A) 100,000
B) 1,000
C) 3 million
D) 100 million

Question 22

Which is not a profession that students who return to their home countries bring with them to improve lives of their nation's citizens?

A) Medical doctors
B) Professors
C) Engineers
D) Scientists

Question 23

Which is a social concept used to categorize human beings into specific groups by anatomical, cultural, genetic, geographical, historical, and/or linguistic traits?

A) Race
B) Ethnicity
C) Sex
D) Gender

Question 24

____ fundamentalists are most likely to believe that everyone else should think as they do and are willing to go to extreme measures to ensure this end.

A) Gender
B) Political
C) Cultural
D) Religion

Question 25

Which is not something that religious fundamentalists would call for?

A) The United States to be a Christian country
B) Israel to be an Islamic country that operates under Islamic law
C) India to be a Hindu country
D) Israel to be an Orthodox Jewish Country

Question 26

Which is a negative effect of globalization?

A) Adoption of rules of law
B) Adoption of human rights
C) Bland uniformity
D) None of the above

Question 27

What could be a result of globalization

A) Bring jobs
B) Bring nations prosperity
C) Vulnerability of concentrations of wealth
D) All of the above

Question 28

All are reasons why there are not more efforts to measure global crime EXCEPT:

A) Administration
B) Expense
C) Motivation
D) Difficulty
E) None of the above

Question 29

The decision power of the police to arrest a suspect and charge him or her with a crime is known as _______

A) Police Discretion
B) Police use of force
C) Police deviance
D) All of the above are known terms to describe this

Question 30

Victims may not report crime to the police for these reasons except:

A) Lack of trust in the police
B) Fear of reprisal
C) The offender is a family member
D) When the victim broke the law
E) Victims always report crimes to the police

Question 31

The International Self-Report Delinquency Study studies youth delinquency in what areas of the world?

A) Europe, North America, and Latin America
B) Latin America, North America, and South America
C) Asia, Europe, and North America
D) Asia, Europe, and Australia

Question 32

Crime committed by one country against another, by a country's government against civilians, or by a militant group against civilians.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Comparative crime
C) Comparative criminal justice systems
D) Transnational crime
E) International crime

Question 33

Measures how crime varies across countries.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Comparative crime
C) Comparative criminal justice systems
D) Transnational crime
E) International crime

Question 34

Crime perpetrated by highly organized groups between and amongst countries.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Comparative crime
C) Comparative criminal justice systems
D) Transnational crime
E) International crime

Question 35

Criminal activity by individuals or groups that crosses country borders.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Comparative crime
C) Comparative criminal justice systems
D) Transnational crime
E) International crime

Question 36

Variations in the response to crime in specifications of crime (laws), resources to control crime, and the professionalism of criminal justice practitioners.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Comparative crime
C) Comparative criminal justice systems
D) Transnational crime
E) International crime

Question 37

Societies differ in the extent to which they promote self-control.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 38

The degree to which we prefer to be individuals or members of a group is greatly influenced by our culture.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 39

Just as individuals differ in their adoption of gender roles, so do cultures.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 40

Measure of how individuals in society perceive the distribution of power within that society.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 41

Some people are able to defer gratification and save for the distant future, whereas others are impulsive and seem to live for the moment.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 42

Societies vary in their tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity.

A) Power distance index
B) Individualism versus collectivism
C) Uncertainty avoidance index
D) Masculinity versus femininity
E) Long-term orientation versus short-term orientation
F) Indulgence versus restraint

Question 43

Occurs routinely in some contexts but not in others.

A) Systematic discrimination
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Contextual discrimination
D) Individual acts of discrimination
E) Pure justice

Question 44

Discrimination can occur when an individual uses his or her own prejudice to make professional decisions on the job.

A) Systematic discrimination
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Contextual discrimination
D) Individual acts of discrimination
E) Pure justice

Question 45

Discrimination that occurs throughout the criminal justice system at all stages and reflects discrimination that occurs in many other parts of the society.

A) Systematic discrimination
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Contextual discrimination
D) Individual acts of discrimination
E) Pure justice

Question 46

Conditions in the criminal justice system in which no discrimination exists.

A) Systematic discrimination
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Contextual discrimination
D) Individual acts of discrimination
E) Pure justice

Question 47

This discrimination occurs when the outcomes of certain policies or administrative practices result in one group being disproportionately affected.

A) Systematic discrimination
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Contextual discrimination
D) Individual acts of discrimination
E) Pure justice

Question 48

Some accountants believe that due to global white-collar crime, there is no completely safe place in the world to do business.

Question 49

The terms "global crime" and "global justice" are not used inclusively.

Question 50

Deviant behavior and criminal activity are often the results of new family structures.

Question 51

Students that travel abroad for university always come back to their home country to help use their education to improve standards.

Question 52

Individuals who acquire sophisticated computer skills are no longer limited to committing computer crime in their own country.

Question 53

Prejudice always will turn into discrimination.

Question 54

The United Nations has attempted to measure global crime.

Question 55

It would be inexpensive to measure crime internationally.

Question 56

All nations are supportive to producing global crime statistics on a nation-by-nation level.

Question 57

Self-report studies are the correct way to measure crime.

Question 58

Official statistics from law enforcement are not always accurate.

Question 59

Self-report studies are seldom used on an international basis.

Question 60

Direct comparisons between the results of victimization surveys and results of official statistics are difficult.

Question 61

What is the difference between self-report studies and victimization surveys?

Question 62

Give examples of transnational organized crime.

Question 63

Give an example of police discretion.

Question 64

What are the different ways in which an individual can be discriminated against?

Question 65

What is cultural dimension framework?

Question 66

How are self-report studies used within research?

Question 67

Give an example of a gender norm.