Deck 7: Traditional Crimes

Question 1

How does the FBI define "criminal homicide"? What acts are included, and what acts are excluded?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

What does it mean to say that a social group is over-represented in homicide victimization statistics?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What is "infanticide"? "Eldercide"?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Using the information contained in Table 7.1 of your textbook, explain how age is related to homicide victimization.

Question 5

How is race related to homicide victimization?

Question 6

Is homicide generally an interracial or intraracial event?

Question 7

Distinguish "non-primary" from "primary" homicide.

Question 8

What does the term "intimate femicide" mean?

Question 9

To what do "parricide," "patricide," and "matricide" refer?

Question 10

What insights do lifetime murder victimization rates provide?

Question 11

Why do some experts claim that firearms violence is at epidemic levels in this country?

Question 12

Discuss the initiative launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention known as the "National Violent Death Reporting System."

Question 13

How does the FBI define "aggravated assault"?

Question 14

Using Table 7.2 of your textbook, what tendencies do you see in assaults with respect to gender? Race? Age?

Question 15

What are some findings based upon Figure 7.2 of your textbook?

Question 16

What findings emerge from a look at Table 7.3 of your textbook? What do you see when you compare data from the UCR with information from the NCVS?

Question 17

Discuss the major features of a death notification policy for law enforcement officers.

Question 18

Identify five homicide survivor patterns.

Question 19

What is the FBI definition of "burglary"?

Question 20

How worried are Americans about being burglarized?

Question 21

What is an "offense rate," and how is it calculated?

Question 22

Why do most residential burglaries take place during daytime hours?

Question 23

Why do a large number of commercial burglaries take place at night?

Question 24

According to the FBI, what is "larceny/theft"?

Question 25

Look at the information contained in Figure 7.4 of your textbook. What types of larceny/thefts are most common?

Question 26

How does the FBI define "motor vehicle theft"?

Question 27

Why do official reports of motor vehicle theft mirror unofficial reports?

Question 28

Explain what "arson" is according to the FBI.

Question 29

Explain what "fraud" is.

Question 30

What are some common types of fraud?

Question 31

Refer to Box 7.1 and outline some of the prominent provisions contained in the federal "Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act."

Question 32

What are four primary sources of information used in identity theft?

Question 33

What are some ways that criminals access this information?

Question 34

Discuss how identity theft can impact victims.

Question 35

What is "mass-marketing fraud"?

Question 36

What do the terms "volume" and "maximization" have to do with mass-marketing fraud?

Question 37

Use Box 7.2 and talk about various types of mass-marketing fraud schemes.

Question 38

What is "cybercrime"?

Question 39

Homicide is a leading cause of death among which one of the following demographic groups?

A) young, black males
B) young, black females
C) young, white females
D) older, black males
E) older, white males

Question 40

Which of the following age groups register the most involvement in homicide victimization statistics?

A) 1-4 years of age
B) under 12-years-old
C) 20-24 years of age
D) 40-49 years of age
E) 65 and older

Question 41

What do researchers mean they say that homicide tends to be an "intraracial" event?

A) the victim and the offender are of different ages
B) the victim and the offender are of similar ages
C) the victim and the offender are members of different races
D) the victim and the offender are members of the same race
E) the victim and the offender come from the same urban area

Question 42

Which of the following items best describes a "primary murder"?

A) a premeditated homicide
B) a death involving gross negligence
C) a homicide that a suspect commits during the course of a robbery
D) a death resulting from medical malpractice
E) a homicide between intimate partners

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT a source of homicide data in this country?

A) Uniform Crime Reports
B) Supplementary Homicide Reports
C) Vital Health Statistics
D) National Crime Victimization Survey
E) all of the above are sources

Question 44

To what does the FBI definition "an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury" refer?

A) criminal homicide
B) aggravated assault
C) simple assault
D) nefarious assault
E) mundane assault

Question 45

What is the most common location where a robbery occurs according to the UCR?

A) bank
B) street
C) convenience store
D) residential
E) gas station

Question 46

Which of the following terms best describes a robbery in which the suspect did NOT use a weapon?

A) armed
B) strong-armed
C) larceny-theft
D) aggravated larceny
E) simple larceny

Question 47

Most burglaries occur during the day.

Question 48

Which of the following is NOT a step in the bereavement process?

A) anticipatory grief
B) denial
C) anger
D) depression
E) acceptance/recovery

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT a major property crime in the Uniform Crime Reports?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) larceny/theft
D) arson
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 50

Suppose that Maria places her $500 bicycle in the bike rack outside the library and utilizes a cable to secure the bicycle to the rack. When she emerges from the library, she discovers that the cable has been cut and her bicycle is missing. Which of the following best describes this situation?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) larceny/theft
D) arson
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 51

After reporting the bicycle incident to the campus police, Maria returns to her dormitory. After she unlocks the door to her room, Maria realizes that somebody has entered it without her permission and has removed her desktop computer and printer. Which of the following best describes this situation?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) larceny/theft
D) arson
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 52

Continuing with the previous question, Maria also notices the key to her motorcycle is gone. When she checks the parking lot, Maria realizes that her motorcycle is not where she last parked it. Which of the following best describes this situation?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) larceny/theft
D) arson
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 53

Continuing with the previous question, Maria has contacted the campus police about these events. While Maria is talking with the responding officer, the fire department responds to a report of a burning vehicle. Investigation reveals that the burning vehicle is Maria's motorcycle, and the motorcycle is a total loss. Which of the following best describes this situation?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) larceny/theft
D) arson
E) motor vehicle theft

Question 54

Continuing with the previous question, Maria returns to her room and notices that her driver's license and social security card are also missing. About six weeks later, a representative from the First City Bank telephones Maria and asks when she intends to make the first payment on the loan she just received. Maria advises the bank representative that she never applied for a loan from the bank. Which of the following best describes this situation?

A) burglary
B) robbery
C) identity theft
D) fraud
E) cybercrime

Question 55

Infanticide is the act of treating the elderly as though they are children.

Question 56

Parricide includes both matricide and patricide.

Question 57

Intimate femicide occurs when men murder their female lovers or spouses.

Question 58

Aggravated assault is often, simply, an unsuccessful homicide.

Question 59

Robbery is a property crime.

Question 60

It is important to avoid euphemisms in death notification.

Question 61

Burglary is defined by unlawfully entering a home.

Question 62

Offense rates reflect the number of arrests and convictions attributed to a perpetrator within a specified period of time.

Question 63

Larceny and theft are dependent on the use of force to take another's property.

Question 64

Motor vehicle theft is highly reported due to insurance companies requiring police reports prior to payment.

Question 65

Mass-marketing fraud can target victims anywhere in the world.

Question 66

Cybercrime is the theft of computers and other electronic devices.

Question 67

Computer viruses and denials of service are examples of cyber attacks.

Question 68

Ransomware blocks the use of a computer and/or access to information on a computer until a ransom is paid.