Question 1

The __________ represents only a portion of the crime in a community.It is also affected by better policing and better recording of crime and better reporting of crime.

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The answer of The __________ represents only a portion of...

Question 2

__________ consists of burglary,larceny-theft,and motor vehicle theft.

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The answer of __________ consists of burglary,larceny-theft,and motor vehicle theft....

Question 3

__________ involves oversampling-taking a larger-than-proportionate number of certain groups to assure the appearance of a sufficient number of cases for comparative purposes of a group that is small in the population.

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The answer of __________ involves oversampling-taking a larger-than-proportionate number of...

Question 4

__________ refers to attempts to construct typical characteristics of certain types of criminals.

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The answer of __________ refers to attempts to construct typical...

Question 5

__________ is a type of strategy employed particularly in exploratory studies of little-known or hard-to-obtain subjects

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The answer of __________ is a type of strategy employed...

Question 6

__________ are simulated trials which attempt to reenact all of the features of an actual trial.

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The answer of __________ are simulated trials which attempt to...

Question 7

__________ rely on knowledge of the distribution or proportion of population characteristics to choose a sample that assures representativeness of these characteristics.

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The answer of __________ rely on knowledge of the distribution...

Question 8

EPSEM,a means of sample selection,is an acronym that stands for __________.

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Question 9

The __________ is the number of crimes divided by population,per 100,000 population.

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Question 10

The initial step in selecting a sample is to develop a __________ frame,a complete list of the population or universe)that one is interested in studying.

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Question 11

__________ consists of murder and non-negligent manslaughter,forcible rape,robbery,and aggravated assault.

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The answer of __________ consists of murder and non-negligent manslaughter,forcible...

Question 12

Moot trials are simulated trials which attempt to reenact all of the features of an actual trial.

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Moot trials are simulated court proceedings, but they focus on legal argumentation and do not typically involve the full reenactment of all trial features, such as witness examination.

Question 13

__________ are samples in which each element of the population or universe)has an equal probability of being selected.

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Question 14

The major change in the new UCR program was its conversion to a __________,which involves a unit-record reporting system in which each local law enforcement agency reports on each individual crime incident and on each individual arrest.

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The answer of The major change in the new UCR...

Question 15

__________ are purposively selected groups brought together in order to measure their reaction to some stimuli.

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The answer of __________ are purposively selected groups brought together...

Question 16

Define sampling and discuss the various probability samples.

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Question 17

Discuss the Uniform Crime Report as a measure of crime in the United States.

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Question 18

The decline in recorded crime in the 1980s known as 'crime dip' is believed to have been caused primarily by __________ change.

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The answer of The decline in recorded crime in the...

Question 19

Discuss sample size and how a sample size is determined.

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Question 20

Explain the concept and types of nonprobability sampling.

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Quiz 4: The Uniform Crime Reports and Sampling