Exam 6: Measuring Crime

NIBRS reports each crime incident rather than the total number of certain crimes.

When crimes happen at home and/or against persons, what is the best measure to use if the crimes are not reported to police?

__________ of crime are important for many criminal justice research purposes.

Delinquency, __________ , and crimes rarely observed may be measured by self-report surveys.

When compared with UCR, which measure has the chance to provide greater detail to a broader range of offenses?

The main difference between the UCR and NIBRS is:

Most of us have committed traffic offenses and have not been caught. This statement reinforces the fact that:

According to the textbook, which two series of crime measures seek to assess the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the nation?

If a burglar breaks into a house, rapes one of the occupants, and flees in the owners' car, which one of the crimes will be counted in congruence with the hierarchy rule?

An effort to compare trends and changes in crime over time must account for

With regard to measures of crime, the specific entities that researchers collect information about are known as:

The most effective method of accounting for certain crimes such as delinquency and victimless crimes is:

Which term best describes "one or more offenses committed by the same offender, or group of offenders acting in concert, at the same time and place "?

The broad questions that influence all measures of crime include all of the following except:

There are no nationwide efforts to __________ collect self-report measures to all types of crimes.

Which of the following is not a general purpose of measuring crime?

In the field of public health, "monitoring" (in order to measure crime) is referred to as a(n):

Which of the following is a weakness of the NCVS?

One of the primary reasons for conducting crime surveys was to illuminate what came to be referred to as

A measure of crime obtained by asking people about their experiences as victims is