Question 1

Lifetime likelihoods are estimates of the differential risks of victimization over a lifetime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following kinds of risks indicate the comparative odds of an unwanted event happening to members of various social demographic groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Potential 
B)  Differential 
C)  Referential 
D)  Cumulative 
A)  Potential 
B)  Differential 
C)  Referential 
D)  Cumulative B

Question 3

How is family income correlated with risks of being robbed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Positively 
B)  Negatively 
C)  Inconsistently 
D)  Not correlated 
A)  Positively 
B)  Negatively 
C)  Inconsistently 
D)  Not correlated B

Question 4

When murder rates in various countries are analyzed, higher rates tend to be associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The treatment of women. 
B)  Great economic inequality. 
C)  The average age of the population. 
D)  The country's climate. 
A)  The treatment of women. 
B)  Great economic inequality. 
C)  The average age of the population. 
D)  The country's climate.

Question 5

Lower-income people fall into a low-risk group of murder, while affluent people are in a higher-risk group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During 2012, 90 people were killed and 118 were injured in mass shootings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is addressed by a victim-centered analysis of homicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  Groups of people victimized most often 
B)  How the victim was killed 
C)  Whether the victim provoked the murder 
D)  All of these variables are correct. 
A)  Groups of people victimized most often 
B)  How the victim was killed 
C)  Whether the victim provoked the murder 
D)  All of these variables are correct.

Question 8

The likelihood of experiencing a crime in the course of one's lifetime is known as one's "cumulative risk."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Aggravated or felonious assaults outnumber the other serious interpersonal crimes of violence (murders, rapes, and robberies) monitored by the UCR every year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following provide an estimate of the number of people per 1000 who have ever experienced some event?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prevalence rates 
B)  Incidence rates 
C)  Cumulative rates 
D)  Differential rates 
A)  Prevalence rates 
B)  Incidence rates 
C)  Cumulative rates 
D)  Differential rates

Question 11

In lone-offender/single-victim killings solved in 2016, which of the following percentage of black victims were killed by black offenders?

Accepted Answer

A)  72% 
B)  83% 
C)  91% 
D)  99% 
A)  72% 
B)  83% 
C)  91% 
D)  99%

Question 12

Which of the following is true about the crime of motor vehicle theft?

Accepted Answer

A)  It does not include attempted vehicle thefts. 
B)  It is a more common crime than larceny. 
C)  It is a more common crime than burglaries. 
D)  It is commoner than serious violent crimes. 
A)  It does not include attempted vehicle thefts. 
B)  It is a more common crime than larceny. 
C)  It is a more common crime than burglaries. 
D)  It is commoner than serious violent crimes.

Question 13

Sharp increases in crime rates over several consecutive years are commonly known as crime waves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Incidence rates measure the number of new victims per 1,000 or per 100,000 persons annually and thereby reveal the risks that average people face.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Killings arising from clashes between rival juvenile gangs accounted for nearly which of the following percentage of all murders in the United States during 2015?

Accepted Answer

A)  9% 
B)  19% 
C)  25% 
D)  30% 
A)  9% 
B)  19% 
C)  25% 
D)  30%

Question 16

The highest murder rates occur in Northern Europe and East Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following rates provides the number of new victims per 1,000?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nonincidence rate 
B)  Prevalence rate 
C)  Incidence rate 
D)  All of these rates are correct. 
A)  Nonincidence rate 
B)  Prevalence rate 
C)  Incidence rate 
D)  All of these rates are correct.

Question 18

In order for a theft to be considered a robbery, the offender must be in possession of a weapon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) keeps records of the annual number of aggravated assaults, while the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) does not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the United States, about how many individuals out of every 1,000 over the age of 11 were robbed in 2013?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  20 
C)  200 
D)  39 
A)  2 
B)  20 
C)  200 
D)  39

Lifetime likelihoods are estimates of the differential risks of victimization over a lifetime.

Which of the following kinds of risks indicate the comparative odds of an unwanted event happening to members of various social demographic groups?

How is family income correlated with risks of being robbed?

When murder rates in various countries are analyzed, higher rates tend to be associated with which of the following?

Lower-income people fall into a low-risk group of murder, while affluent people are in a higher-risk group.

During 2012, 90 people were killed and 118 were injured in mass shootings.

Which of the following is addressed by a victim-centered analysis of homicide?

The likelihood of experiencing a crime in the course of one's lifetime is known as one's "cumulative risk."

Aggravated or felonious assaults outnumber the other serious interpersonal crimes of violence (murders, rapes, and robberies) monitored by the UCR every year.

Which of the following provide an estimate of the number of people per 1000 who have ever experienced some event?

In lone-offender/single-victim killings solved in 2016, which of the following percentage of black victims were killed by black offenders?

Which of the following is true about the crime of motor vehicle theft?

Sharp increases in crime rates over several consecutive years are commonly known as crime waves.

Incidence rates measure the number of new victims per 1,000 or per 100,000 persons annually and thereby reveal the risks that average people face.

Killings arising from clashes between rival juvenile gangs accounted for nearly which of the following percentage of all murders in the United States during 2015?

The highest murder rates occur in Northern Europe and East Asia.

Which of the following rates provides the number of new victims per 1,000?

In order for a theft to be considered a robbery, the offender must be in possession of a weapon.

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) keeps records of the annual number of aggravated assaults, while the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) does not.

In the United States, about how many individuals out of every 1,000 over the age of 11 were robbed in 2013?

What Is Victimology

The Rediscovery of Crime Victims

Victimization in the United States: an Overview

Violent Crimes: Murders and Robberies

Victims Contributions to the Crime Problem

Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict

Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict

Victimized Children

Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members

Additional Groups of Victims With Special Problems

Repaying Victims

Victims in the Twenty-First Century: Alternative Directions Glossary References Name Index Subject Index

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Exam 10: Victims of Rapes and Other Sexual Assaults

Lifetime likelihoods are estimates of the differential risks of victimization over a lifetime.

Which of the following kinds of risks indicate the comparative odds of an unwanted event happening to members of various social demographic groups?

How is family income correlated with risks of being robbed?

When murder rates in various countries are analyzed, higher rates tend to be associated with which of the following?

Lower-income people fall into a low-risk group of murder, while affluent people are in a higher-risk group.

During 2012, 90 people were killed and 118 were injured in mass shootings.

Which of the following is addressed by a victim-centered analysis of homicide?

The likelihood of experiencing a crime in the course of one's lifetime is known as one's "cumulative risk."

Aggravated or felonious assaults outnumber the other serious interpersonal crimes of violence (murders, rapes, and robberies) monitored by the UCR every year.

Which of the following provide an estimate of the number of people per 1000 who have ever experienced some event?

In lone-offender/single-victim killings solved in 2016, which of the following percentage of black victims were killed by black offenders?

Which of the following is true about the crime of motor vehicle theft?

Sharp increases in crime rates over several consecutive years are commonly known as crime waves.

Incidence rates measure the number of new victims per 1,000 or per 100,000 persons annually and thereby reveal the risks that average people face.

Killings arising from clashes between rival juvenile gangs accounted for nearly which of the following percentage of all murders in the United States during 2015?

The highest murder rates occur in Northern Europe and East Asia.

Which of the following rates provides the number of new victims per 1,000?

In order for a theft to be considered a robbery, the offender must be in possession of a weapon.

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) keeps records of the annual number of aggravated assaults, while the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) does not.

In the United States, about how many individuals out of every 1,000 over the age of 11 were robbed in 2013?

What Is Victimology

The Rediscovery of Crime Victims

Victimization in the United States: an Overview

Violent Crimes: Murders and Robberies

Victims Contributions to the Crime Problem

Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict

Victims and the Criminal Justice System: Cooperation and Conflict

Victimized Children

Victims of Violence by Lovers and Family Members

Additional Groups of Victims With Special Problems

Repaying Victims

Victims in the Twenty-First Century: Alternative Directions Glossary References Name Index Subject Index

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