Deck 3: Victimization in the United States

Question 1

The first national victims' survey was conducted in what year?

A) 1966
B) 1974
C) 1989
D) 2000

Answer 1

A

Question 2

_____ rates are realistic assessments of threat levels that criminal activities pose to particular individuals and groups.

A) Victimization
B) Risk
C) Crime
D) Trend

Answer 2

A

Question 3

_____ are statistical portraits that yield an impression of what is usual or typical about the average victim.

A) Profiles
B) Rates
C) Trends
D) Patterns

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is included in Part I of the UCR?

A) murder
B) robbery
C) forcible rape
D) all of these

Question 5

The _____ dramatizes the fact that as time passes, more and more people join the ranks of crime victims

A) UCR
B) NCVS
C) Crime Clock
D) Doomsday Clock

Question 6

_____ can provide an idea of what is usual or typical about a victim in terms of their characteristics.

A) Profiles
B) Incidence rates
C) Trends
D) Patterns

Question 7

_____ reflect predictable relationship or regular occurrences found during an analysis of the data.

A) Profiles
B) Statistics
C) Variances
D) Patterns

Question 8

When victims believe a crime occurred within the desired reporting period when in fact it occurred long before, _____ has occurred.

A) recognition error
B) forward telescoping
C) memory decay
D) backward telescoping

Question 9

The "big picture" of crime can be manipulated or distorted by _____.

A) limited personal experience
B) self-serving reported by organizations with vested interests
C) cultural values and myths
D) all of these.

Question 10

Statistics can provide _____.

A) estimates of costs and losses imposed by crime
B) planning assistance in projects
C) evaluation of the effectiveness of a criminal justice agency
D) all of these

Question 11

The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is an overhaul of ____.

A) the NCVS
B) various state reporting systems
C) the UCR
D) all of these

Question 12

When police departments report only the worst offense that happens during a sequence of criminal events for UCR purposes, they are following _____.

A) victimization survey guidelines
B) hierarchy rule
C) the Bureau of Justice Statistics Rulebook
D) State Police reporting requirements

Question 13

In which year was the Uniform Crime Report established?

A) 1927
B) 1932
C) 1958
D) 1979

Question 14

Which of the following was most recently added to Part I index offenses?

A) arson
B) motor vehicle theft
C) forcible rape
D) domestic assault

Question 15

Statistics can be used to _____.

A) measure victimization rates
B) expose patterns of crime
C) demonstrate crime variation across time
D) do all of these.

Question 16

Which of the following do victimologists view as the most valid method for collecting information on crime victimization?

A) medical record review
B) news accounts
C) self-report surveys
D) jail intake statistics

Question 17

_____ demonstrate how crime has changed over time.

A) Trends
B) Patterns
C) Variances
D) Profiles

Question 18

The UCR employs the "hierarchy rule." This means that:

A) police agencies are ranked according to the population they serve
B) crimes are assigned a point value depending on severity, so that "serious" crimes are weighted more heavily in the results
C) federal crimes are considered more important than state crimes
D) if more than one offense occurs in the same incident (, then only the most serious crime is reported

Question 19

Which items are collected by the NIBRS but not by the UCR?

A) demographics of the offender
B) demographics of the victim
C) the relationship between victim and offender, if any
D) all of these

Question 20

As of 2012, NIBRS data collection covered ___________ percent of crimes known to police.

A) 28
B) 35
C) 47
D) 71

Question 21

The NIBRS collects victimization data on _____.

A) homicides
B) simple assaults
C) blackmail
D) all of these

Question 22

Statistics can reveal patterns of criminal activity.

Question 23

Public officials did not start keeping records about crime until the 1900s.

Question 24

Official statistics are often compiled and published by governmental agencies.

Question 25

The first national victims' survey was conducted in 1966.

Question 26

Crime Clocks lack an important measurement of risk-the recognition that there are millions of possible victims throughout the United States.

Question 27

Instead of just 8 closely watched UCR index offenses, to the NIBRS keeps track of ____ Group A offenses.

A) 12
B) 46
C) 57
D) 92

Question 28

Profiles are meaningful numbers that reveal important information.

Question 29

The U.S. Census Bureau conducted the first national survey about victimization in the United States.

Question 30

Statistics can influence decision makers or shape public opinion.

Question 31

It is easy to 'lie' with statistics by using impressive-sounding numbers to deliberately mislead.

Question 32

Until the 1970's, few efforts were made to systematically monitor and measure indicators of crime victimization.

Question 33

For criminologists, self-report surveys confirmed the hypothesis that large numbers of people broke the law but most were never _____, especially if they were from middle- or upper-class families.

A) convicted
B) investigated
C) arrested
D) all of these

Question 34

The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is an overhaul of the UCR.

Question 35

The tallies maintained by local law enforcement agencies are typically incomplete due to _____.

A) victim non-reporting
B) political pressures to downplay the number of incidents in order to manipulate public opinion
C) political pressures to inflate the number of incidents in order to manipulate public opinion
D) all of these

Question 36

The Uniform Crime Report was initially published in 1979.

Question 37

Data on victimization may be gathered through self-report.

Question 38

Patterns reflect predictable relationships or regular occurrences that are identified during an analysis of data.

Question 39

The NCVS includes not only forcible rape but also _____.

A) fondling
B) grabbing
C) verbal threats to commit sexual assault
D) all of these

Question 40

One of the problems affecting the accuracy of the UCR is the hierarchy rule.

Question 41

Discuss the ways statistics are used in estimating the amount of crime in the United States.

Question 42

Instead of just 8 closely watched UCR index offenses, of the NIBRS includes 46 Group A offenses.

Question 43

The Census Bureau collects the data for the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

Question 44

Using what you know about the NCVS and the UCR, critique the information presented by the Crime Clock.

Question 45

Outline and discuss the NIBRS system. Who compiles the NIBRS? How does this system compare to the UCR and the NCVS? What are the purposes of NIBRS, and how does it contribute to the understanding of victimization?

Question 46

Participants in the National Crime Victimization Survey are interviewed every six months for three years.

Question 47

Compare and contrast the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and the National Crime Victimization Survey. Be sure to discuss its sources of information and how results from each are interpreted.

Question 48

Forward telescoping involves victims believing the crime occurred within the desired reporting period when in actuality it occurred long before.

Question 49

Weigh the criticisms and praise for the major crime and victimization statistics sources. If you could only use one source to write a report about crime in your neighborhood, which would you use and why?

Question 50

When a household is selected for participation in the National Crime Victimization Survey, everyone in the household ages 12 and over is included.