Deck 3: Researching Crime

Question 1

There has since been a huge increase in the number of recorded incidents, especially from the late 1990s

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Best (2001) argued that people respond to statistics in three ways:

A)Skepticism, Naive, and Awestruck
B)Awestruck, Naive, and Cynical
C)Critical, Awestruck, and Neutral
D)Awestruck, Neutral, and Contemplating

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the two crime measures used in the United States:

A)Both measures were created in 1983 to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigations in collecting statistical data.
B)The Uniform Crime Report reports both official police reports and victims who are surveyed by non-governmental organizations.
C)The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
D)The National Crime Victimization Survey collects data on crimes against people 12 and older.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

___________ refers to crime that has not been reported or recorded to police.

A)Iceberg figure
B)Midnight figure
C)Dark figure
D)Invisible figure
E)UCR figure

Question 5

Crime science is not without its detractors - which of these are common criticisms:

A)it lacks internal coherency
B)it misrepresents the criminal classes
C)it eradicates the need for interpretive understanding
D)it ignores facts at the expense of values
E)it erroneously claims value-free objectivity

Question 6

Joel Best (2001) argues that people respond to statistics in three distinct ways. Which three are they?

A)The ´awestruck´
B)The ´novice´
C)The ´naive´
D)The ´cynical´
E)The ´professional´

Question 7

For a crime to be registered in official data four things need to happen: which four?

A)Recognition by a victim or possibly a witness that a potentially criminal incident has taken place
B)Reporting of that incident to the police
C)An independent assessment of the potential crime
D)Acknowledgement by the police that a potentially criminal incident has occurred
E)Recording by police of the incident as an alleged crime

Question 8

Why are recorded crime statistics not the product of a neutral fact-collecting process?

Question 9

Why is experimental criminology problematic for many sociologists?

Question 10

_______ refers to research that tends to sensitize concepts as a basis for fundamental understanding (verstehen)

A)Quantitative research
B)Scientific research
C)Quasi-quantitative research
D)Qualitative research

Question 11

Mixed methods are increasingly favoured among those involved in evaluation research and evidence-based policy-making

Question 12

Crime is disproportionately committed by males.

Question 13

Young people ages 6-12 are most victimized (compared to other age groups)

Question 14

There has since been a huge increase in the recorded violent crime rates, especially from the late 1990s to present.

Question 15

The first national crime victimization survey in Britain was the British Crime Survey (BCS) When was this first carried out?

A)1962
B)1972
C)1982
D)1992
E)2002

Question 16

What does NCRS stand for?

A)National Crime Rural Statistics
B)Non-Criminal Reporting Statistics
C)National Criminology Research Studies
D)National Crime Reporting Standard
E)Normal Crime Reports Submitted

Question 17

Which of the following is FALSE regarding crime and punishment in Colonial Williamsburg?

A)In 1462, a 17 year old boy was hanged for bestiality with several animals.
B)In the 1600s, someone charged with "buggery" -- or bestiality with several animals -- faced execution, along with the animals being executed as well.
C)Homosexuality was a crime that faced public punishment (i.e., publicly whipped)
D)Criminals, mostly women, faced possible death when punished with the ducking stool.

Question 18

_______________ refers to that in which transforms plausible ideas of reality into hypotheses, often employing observation, measurement, replication, and verification (validity)

A)Epistemology
B)Science
C)Scientific method
D)Power and Knowledge

Question 19

Why does crime science come in for criticism?