Exam 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime

A research approach that asks participants, often prisoners, to describe their recent and lifetime criminal activity is termed:

Discuss what is meant by the phrase "the ecology of crime." Explain how crime rates are impacted by each ecology factor.

A type of survey in which criminals are surveyed to gain a true representation of criminal offending not captured by official measures such as the UCR are called _________________,

The Bureau of Justice Statistics compiles the Uniform Crime Report.

The Richmond, Virginia Police Department used ______ to identify and target locations associated with increased random gunfire during the previous year's New Year's Eve holiday in order to deploy police resources to those areas.

Traditionally, about ______________ percent of all reported index crimes are cleared by arrest each year.

A sample of subjects whose behavior is followed over a period of time is referred to as a _______________.

Which of the following is a characteristic used to predict chronic offending?

Describe how the National Crime Victimization Survey is compiled and the validity concerns associated with this method of measuring crime.

What is the relationship between race and crime? How is this relationship explained?

The more serious the crime the more likely the victim will report it.

______________  are those committed by indigent people as a result of legitimate opportunities for economic gain.

One area of examination for race  is the dissolution of family and low employment rates of minorities and this relationship to crime. 

Because of the amount of disposable income at this time of the month, crime rates may be higher.

Part I index crimes consist of eight crimes, four of which are personal crimes and four of which are property crimes.

The eight crimes, because of their seriousness and frequency, that the FBI reports on in an annual report and include crimes such as murder, rape, and robbery are referred to as __________________

One of the ways in which crimes are cleared is through arrest.

The best known and most widely cited source of official criminal statistics is known as:

Of the cohort studies listed in the text, one of the most important findings is that:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's __________________ is the best known and most widely cited source of official criminal statistics.