Exam 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime

Minor traffic crimes are the primary data collected in Part II index crimes, which allows for grant money and safer-streets funding for cities based on traffic data.

Because cohort research is extremely difficult and time-consuming, another approach is to take an intact cohort from the past and collect data from their educational, family, police, and hospital records. This research format is known as a/an:

Survey data derived from all age, race, gender, and income characteristics measured simultaneously is referred to as a cross-sectional study.

In regard to the Uniform Crime Reports, the three areas of concern for validity and reliability issues are law enforcement, reporting practices, and _____________________

A popular political debate each year, especially around elections, is immigration in the United States. While many point to immigrants as a main cause of crime in the United States, what does research show about this phenomenon?

Kids who have been exposed to a variety of personal and social problems at an early age are most at risk to repeat offending later in  life.

___________________ refers to the fact that as individuals get older, they are less likely to criminally offend.

Motor vehicle cases are cleared by arrests at rates two times higher than larcenies cleared by arrest.

The UCR was created in 1982 to replace the outdated NIBRS system.

Global calculations show that roughly 450,000 people are murdered each year, with over one-third of these deaths occurring in ______________________.

Discuss the relationship between crime and social class and the economy. Explain each of the views associated with this relationship.

Selecting subjects based on their ethnic or racial background is known as ________________________

The ________________________________ requires local law enforcement to provide a brief account of each arrest within 22 categories of crime patterns.

A person who continually violates the law and shapes  his or her life around the concept of criminality is referred to as a "passive-life criminal."

The liberal feminist view focuses on women's role as second-class citizens based on economic and social positions.

Although differences between the UCR and the NCVS abound, the greatest distinction between the two is:

Cohort research involves studying a group of people who share common characteristics over a period of time.

Explain Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin's research on chronic offending. What are some implications of this research?

The belief that lower rates of criminal offending by females can be explained by their second-class standing in society is called:

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) began in 1973 and is one of the most comprehensive methods of data collection on victimization in the United States.