Question 1

Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with FBI Crime Report data, particularly arrest data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates on the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

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Question 2

A major problem associated with arrest data is the fact that most delinquent acts do not become known to the police. Identify the reasons why police do not discover most delinquent acts and explain how this affects estimates on the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

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Question 3

Describe two methods discussed in the text that police may use to distort crime data.

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Question 4

Identify three methods used by researchers to establish the extent of juveniles' truthfulness on self-report surveys.

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Question 5

Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with self-report data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates of the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

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Question 6

Why do self-report surveys often underestimate the extent of serious delinquency?

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Question 7

Examine ways to improve the accuracy of self-report data in terms of sampling and questionnaire design and implementation. Consider how researchers could get a more representative sample of the juvenile population, as well as how they could design and administer the surveys to increase the truthfulness of responses.

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Question 8

Discuss at least three ways that some recent self-report surveys attempt to correct problems associated with earlier self-report studies.

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Question 9

Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with victimization data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates of the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

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Question 10

Arrest and self-report data are used to estimate the extent of delinquency much more often than victimization data. Why might this be the case?

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Question 11

Imagine that you are a juvenile delinquency expert who is head of a juvenile delinquency reduction task force. One of your tasks is to estimate the extent of delinquency in your city. How do you recommend that the task force best estimate the extent of delinquency, and what problems do you foresee with the accuracy of the estimates? In your answer, clearly describe the methodologies that will provide the most accurate estimates of juvenile offending and explain the extent to which these estimates should be accurate.

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Question 12

Briefly discuss the three major methods of measuring delinquency. Provide examples of each measure.

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Question 13

List the eight Part I/Index Offenses of the FBI Crime Reports. Provide a definition of each of the eight offenses.

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Question 14

Describe Part II offenses of the FBI Crime Reports. Provide a few examples of these offenses.

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Question 15

List and describe the major factors that influence the police's decision to make an arrest.

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Question 16

Agnew and Brezina acknowledge that "despite recent advances in forensics and other crime-fighting technologies, the arrest and punishment of offenders remain far from certain." In general, why is the certainty of arrest and punishment relatively low? Do offenders realize that arrest and punishment are far from certain? How does this affect offenders' decisions to commit future crimes?

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Question 17

Describe ONE of the new methods of administering self-report surveys that appears to substantially reduce the amount of underreporting. What are the strengths of this new method?

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Question 18

As discussed by Agnew and Brezina, "We often hear a lot about delinquency from family members, friends, the news media, and politicians. Unfortunately, a lot of the information that is presented is misleading or wrong." What are the three things you should be wary of when others are discussing delinquency?

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Question 19

Define the following offenses and explain how these offenses differ from one another: larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, burglary, and robbery. According to the UCR, are these Part I or Part II offenses?

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Question 20

Why are some victims wary of reporting the crime committed against them? Have there been any attempts to increase reporting? Explain.

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Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with FBI Crime Report data, particularly arrest data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates on the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

A major problem associated with arrest data is the fact that most delinquent acts do not become known to the police. Identify the reasons why police do not discover most delinquent acts and explain how this affects estimates on the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

Describe two methods discussed in the text that police may use to distort crime data.

Identify three methods used by researchers to establish the extent of juveniles' truthfulness on self-report surveys.

Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with self-report data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates of the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

Why do self-report surveys often underestimate the extent of serious delinquency?

Discuss at least three ways that some recent self-report surveys attempt to correct problems associated with earlier self-report studies.

Describe the strengths and weaknesses associated with victimization data. Focus your discussion on how these strengths and weaknesses affect estimates of the extent of delinquency and trends in delinquency.

Arrest and self-report data are used to estimate the extent of delinquency much more often than victimization data. Why might this be the case?

Briefly discuss the three major methods of measuring delinquency. Provide examples of each measure.

List the eight Part I/Index Offenses of the FBI Crime Reports. Provide a definition of each of the eight offenses.

Describe Part II offenses of the FBI Crime Reports. Provide a few examples of these offenses.

List and describe the major factors that influence the police's decision to make an arrest.

Describe ONE of the new methods of administering self-report surveys that appears to substantially reduce the amount of underreporting. What are the strengths of this new method?

Define the following offenses and explain how these offenses differ from one another: larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, burglary, and robbery. According to the UCR, are these Part I or Part II offenses?

Why are some victims wary of reporting the crime committed against them? Have there been any attempts to increase reporting? Explain.