Exam 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime

Martha has decided to move to San Francisco, California. She decides to attend a neighborhood watch meeting where members of the local police department are speaking. They are explaining the crime trends over the past 30 years. Which of the following is accurate information concerning the crime rates?

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit the felony or a theft is known as ______.

Police-initiated action directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race is ______.​

In relation to property crime, the peak age of offending is believed to be about 26 years of age. ​

Those living in poverty engage in disproportionate amounts of expressive crimes, such as rape and assault.​

Referring to the ecology of crime, which of the following settings has the highest violent crime rate?​

Rehabilitation is the current sentencing approach taken to deal with chronic offenders.​

A validity concern associated with the NCVS involves ______.

_________ crimes are offenses designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal.​

According to the research on chronic offenders, arrests and court experiences deter chronic offenders.​

Aging out is a term used to address the ending of a sentence for those convicted of lengthy felony sentences.

Although self-report studies can be used to examine the offense history of prison inmates and drug users, most self-report studies have focused on _____ crime.​

The view of crime suggesting that the social and economic roles of women in society control their crime rates is termed ______.

_______ is the phrase used to express the fact that people commit less crime as they mature.​

The collection of _________________ data involves observing over time a group of people who share certain characteristics.

One of Martha's children is a 15-year-old boy. He is starting high school in the fall. She is concerned that he will start to hang out with the wrong crowd and possibly begin to commit crime. According to the research, the peak age for property crime is believed to be ____, and thus Martha should be mindful of her son's activities.​

The NCVS annually samples more than 40,000 _________ in order to estimate crime victimization.​

Martha has narrowed her choices to New York, NY in the Northeast, San Francisco, CA in the West, Miami, FL in the South, and Ann Arbor, MI in the Midwest. Based on the research on the ecology of crime, which of these cities would most likely have the highest crime rate?

Which of the following factors has been the most stable indicator of criminal likelihood?​

How does today's violent crime rate compare to the violent crime rate in 1991?​