Deck 3: Patterns of Crime

Question 1

Current sexual assault laws allow for the accused (including legally married spouses) to be charged with sexual assault only if sexual penetration has occurred.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Mass murderers kill their victims over a lengthy period of time, perhaps even years.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A rape myth is a false assumption about sexual assault, such as "When a woman says no, she really means yes."

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Robbery is regarded as a violent personal crime because it is committed in the presence of a victim and involves threatened or actual use of force or violence in the commission of a theft or attempted theft from another person.

Question 5

Offences involving motor vehicles fall exclusively within provincial jurisdiction.

Question 6

Assaults that wound, maim, disfigure, or endanger the life of a victim are known as level 3 assaults.

Question 7

The offence of sexual assault has been "degenderized" such that perpetrators can be either male or female, as can victims.

Question 8

Data from the most recent UCR indicate that over 70 percent of victims of sexual assault were female, compared to 48 percent of victims of all other violent crimes.

Question 9

Most robberies occur in an outdoor public location such as the street or a parking lot (50 percent).

Question 10

The commission of violent crimes can be explained using psychological, social learning, frustration/aggression, and socialization theories.

Question 11

Most theoretical explanations for the commission of property offences are biological and psychological ones.

Question 12

Motor vehicle theft is one of the least likely crimes to be solved by police; the clearance rate continues to be lower than other property-related offences.

Question 13

Omitting illegal occupations (such as drug dealing and prostitution), there were 130 homicides from 2000 - 2010 that police believed were directly related to the victim's job. The highest proportion of these homicides occurred involved transportation-related occupations, such as taxi drivers, truck drivers, and bus drivers.

Question 14

In most cases of criminal harassment, the offender is known to the victim.

Question 15

Crimes against the public order are seen by many as examples of conflict crimes.

Question 16

Breaking and entering is one of the most common and serious property offences and breaking and entering a dwelling house carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Question 17

Geographically, homicide rates in Canada increased from west to east over the last 40 years.

Question 18

Crimes against the public order traditionally refer to activities and behaviours involving sex, drugs and alcohol sale and abuse, and behaviours involving lifestyle choices.

Question 19

Murder is primarily a stranger on stranger crime.

Question 20

Official statistics regarding youth involvement in prostitution are vastly under-rated, since many in this age group are delivered by police to social services rather than charged.

Question 21

The rate of motor vehicle theft decreased between 2010 and 2011 in very province and territory with the exception of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and ____________.

A) Alberta
B) Nova Scotia
C) Ontario
D) British Columbia
E) Quebec

Question 22

In 2011, homicides (598) and attempted murders (655) accounted for less than ________ percent of all violent crimes committed in Canada.

A) 0.5
B) 1
C) 5
D) 10
E) 15

Question 23

Violent crime incidents include homicide, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, robbery, use of firearms, kidnapping and abduction, criminal harassment, and uttering threats.

Question 24

The terms "robbery" and "break and enter" can be used interchangeably.

Question 25

Infamous Canadians such as Clifford Olson, Paul Bernardo, Allan Legere, and Robert Pickton can be classified as _________________.

A) Mass murderers
B) Spree killers
C) Manslaughters
D) Serial murderers
E) First-degree murderers

Question 26

According to the Police-Reported Hate Crime in Canada 2008 statistics, non-violent offences, usually mischief, were the most common type of offences in 2008.

Question 27

Motor vehicle theft is defined as the taking of a vehicle _________________.

A) without the owner's authorization
B) with the owner's authorization
C) with the owner still in the vehicle
D) only if the vehicle is a boat
E) only if the vehicle is a car or van

Question 28

2007 statistics indicate that over 30 percent of charged motor-vehicle theft is committed by youth who are ________.

A) 35 to 45 years of age
B) 12 to 15 years of age
C) 15 to 17 years of age
D) 19 to 21 years of age
E) 21 to 25 years of age

Question 29

In 2011, incidents of theft accounted for about ________ percent of all Criminal Code offences committed.

A) 10
B) 30
C) 46
D) 62
E) 70

Question 30

Statistics for robbery in 2008 indicate that robberies without a weapon accounted for more than half (57 percent) of all incidents.

Question 31

At a rate of 1231 incidents per 100 000 population in 2011, the violent crime rate in Canada fell 4 percent between 2010 and 2011, making the fifth consecutive drop in the severity of violent crime.

Question 32

In Canada, the terms "murder" and "homicide" mean the same thing.

Question 33

The severity of theft is determined largely by the monetary value placed on the property taken classified as ________.

A) theft over $1000 and theft $1000 and under
B) theft over $200 and theft $200 and under
C) theft over $3000 and theft $3000 and under
D) theft over $5000 and theft $5000 and under
E) theft over $10 000 and theft $10 000 and under

Question 34

Victims of assault are more likely to be male.

Question 35

Typically, crimes are organized into categories, or ____________.

A) classifications of crime
B) typologies of crime
C) subtexts of crime
D) textures of crime
E) layers of crime

Question 36

Increased education and awareness by merchants and retailers in detecting counterfeit bills and enhanced law enforcement efforts have contributed to the recorded decrease in counterfeit currency.

Question 37

Online stalkers, or cyberstalkers, can be charged under the criminal harassment provision of the Criminal Code.

Question 38

________ are characterized by "the unlawful entry of a place to commit an indictable offence."

A) Home invasions
B) Carjackings
C) Break and enters
D) Armed robberies
E) Assaults

Question 39

Most victims of sexual assault are victimized by ________.

A) a stranger
B) a friend or acquaintance
C) a family member
D) a spouse
E) a sibling

Question 40

Prostitution, illicit drug use, pornography, and gambling are often referred to as ________.

A) violent crimes
B) property crimes
C) public order crimes
D) personal crimes
E) other crimes

Question 41

According to Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC), theft of heavy equipment in Canada has been increasing for years, with organized crime groups involved and generally smuggling the equipment out of __________________.

A) Montreal and Alberta
B) London and Vancouver
C) Windsor and New Brunswick
D) Ontario and Quebec
E) Ontario and Manitoba

Question 42

The majority of females charged with theft $5000 and under were charged with _____________.

A) theft of credit card
B) theft of gas
C) theft of electricity
D) theft of telecommunications
E) shoplifting

Question 43

Counterfeiting is somewhat unique in that, for a relatively high-volume offence, police-reported statistics show _______________.

A) large month-to-month fluctuations
B) small year-to-year fluctuations
C) large year-to-year fluctuations
D) decades' long growth
E) small month-to-month declines

Question 44

Murder is considered an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada in Section ____ of the Code.

A) 231
B) 234
C) 229
D) 233
E) 230

Question 45

Briefly outline why crimes against public order are seen by many as examples of conflict crimes, or those behaviours around which there is much controversy within society as to their acceptance.

Question 46

Male victims of criminal harassment are most commonly stalked by ________.

A) strangers
B) business acquaintances
C) casual acquaintances
D) ex-spouses
E) ex-girlfriends

Question 47

There are two sources of data that can be used to measure incidents of hate in Canada. One is the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the other is the _______________________________.

A) Ontario Crime Prevention Act
B) Manitoba Hate Crime Prevention Act
C) Ontario Privacy Act
D) Self-Report General Survey of Canada
E) Victimization Survey (as part of the General Social Survey)

Question 48

When a police officer kills someone in the line of duty it is referred to as ________.

A) justifiable homicide
B) manslaughter
C) excusable homicide
D) second degree murder
E) culpable homicide

Question 49

Marc Lepine is a Canadian example of a ________.

A) mass murderer
B) serial murderer
C) stalker
D) mentally ill offender
E) psychopath

Question 50

Which of the following offences are NOT classified as violent offences?

A) Robbery
B) Abduction
C) Sexual assault
D) Abduction and sexual assault
E) Theft under $5000

Question 51

What is a "hate crime"? What sections of the Criminal Code of Canada apply when considering a charge against an individual as a "hate crime"?

Question 52

In 2011, motor vehicle theft accounted for slightly more than _____________ of all property crimes in Canada.

A) 20 percent
B) 6 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 15 percent
E) 90 percent

Question 53

Serial murder is a type of ________.

A) non-culpable homicide
B) culpable homicide
C) manslaughter
D) infanticide
E) mass murder

Question 54

Which of the following acts is NOT illegal in Canada?

A) The exchange of money for sex
B) Publicly communicating with another person or group of persons for the purpose of buying sexual services of an underage person
C) Publicly communicating with another person for the purpose of selling sexual services with an underage person
D) Running firearms across the border
E) Living on the avails of prostitution

Question 55

What is the difference between culpable homicide and non-culpable homicide?

Question 56

The majority of criminal harassment victims are ________.

A) between the ages of 12-24
B) between the ages of 25-30
C) female
D) male
E) older than 30 years

Question 57

___________________ has consistently had the highest rate of police-reported drug offences.

A) Prince Edward Island
B) Newfoundland and Labrador
C) Ontario
D) Alberta
E) British Columbia

Question 58

Currently, sexual assault legislation focuses on ________, rather than its sexual nature.

A) the sexual nature of the act
B) the gender of the victim
C) the relationship between the victim and the accused
D) the violent nature of the act
E) the gender of the accused