Exam 2: Measuring and Explaining Crime

Medical drugs that require a physician's permission for purchase are ________________________.

List and discuss the six different main categories of crime.

As a reaction to the research of the "chronic 6%," law enforcement agencies and district attorneys' offices have devised specific strategies to apprehend and prosecute repeat offenders.

____ is a phrase used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place.

The two major branches of social process theory are learning theory and __________ theory.

Robbery is considered a violent crime.

Describe the Uniform Crime Report (UCR).Who compiles this crime measurement source,when was it created,and what does it include?

__________ is more important that skin color when it comes to crime trends.

When the UCR presents crime data as a rate,they are reporting:

While traditionally overlooked in criminological research,__________________ are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S.prison population.

According to ____,criminal offending is the result of interactions with parents,friends and peer groups.

Discuss how race,ethnicity and poverty are related to crime.

Assault and battery are the same crime.

____________ is/are researchers who study the causes of crime.

Discuss recent crime trends and the reasons for rate variation.

UCR crime rates are expressed per 10,000 people.

Since its inception in 1930,the ____ has attempted to measure the overall rate of crime in the United States by organizing "crimes known to the police."

A _______________ is a chemical that transmits nerve impulses between nerve cells and from nerve cells to the brain.

The UCR presents crime data collected annually from local,state,and federal law enforcement agencies.

All individuals are at equal risk of being victimized by crime.