Deck 2: Murder Data: Measuring Murder Homicide Trends and Patterns

Question 1

If there is a break-in and the robber steals diamonds, kills a parent and assaults a child. Which crimes are recorded in the UCR?

A) Breaking and entering, robbery, murder, assault
B) Breaking and entering, burglary, murder, assault
C) Aggravated assault, robbery, and murder
D) murder

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system is used to assign a cause of death code for each death certificate based on the findings of

A) UCR Representative
B) Fatal injury reports
C) The coroner or medical examiner
D) Courts of law

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In response to murderers such as the Green River Killer Gary Ridgway and Ted Bundy who were discovered to have crossed jurisdictional boundaries, this data set was developed:

A) Chicago Homicide Data (CHD)
B) Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR)
C) North Oregon and Seattle Homicide System (NOSHS)
D) Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS)

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which is a circumstance that has been added more recently as a category for homicide circumstance?

A) Opioid poisoning
B) Terrorism
C) Hand grenades
D) Suicide by cop

Question 5

What are common concerns with homicide data?

A) Missing Data
B) Data Inaccuracy
C) Manipulation
D) All of these can be concerns

Question 6

The author indicates that the trend in homicide that we have saw in the U.S. between 1991 and 2014 is unprecedented in the last 60 years. What is this trend?

A) Homicide increased rapidly.
B) Homicide had decreased.
C) The homicide of children had been increasing.
D) Homicide had remained stable

Question 7

The most common homicide circumstance in 2017 was:

A) Narcotic Drug Laws
B) Felony
C) Gang killing
D) Argument

Question 8

The most common victim-offender relationship of murders known to the police in 2017 was

A) Family
B) Acquaintance
C) Intimate Partner
D) Stranger

Question 9

Which of the following is not True about homicide according to FBI data?

A) Most homicide victims are male.
B) Males tend to kill males.
C) Females tend to kill females.
D) Most homicide offenders are male

Question 10

In the United States, the FBI shows that firearms are the most popular murder weapon. The National Center for Injury Prevention shows that this weapon was used more than any other for the commission of homicide.

A) Fire
B) Unspecified/Other
C) Knife or other piercing objects
D) Firearm