Exam 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime

U.S.-born adult men are incarcerated in state prisons at rates up to 3.3 times higher than are foreign-born men in the U.S.

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

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

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

The idea that females are treated more leniently than males by the criminal justice system is referred to as the "cheater theory."

Most reported crimes occur during the months of July and ______________.

A person who repeatedly commits crime, and whose life is centered around criminal activity, is referred to as a(n) ________________.

Explain what is meant by the aging-out process.

A retroactive cohort study uses an intact cohort of known offenders and looks back at their early offending and other characteristics, such as education and income status.

While boys and girls offend at drastically different rates, psychologists have found no measurable differences in their verbal abilities or visual-spatial abilities.

Because of limited economic opportunities, it is possible that crime rates may _____ in the future.

Crimes are cleared in two ways: through arrest, charging, and being turned over to the court, or through _________________ means.

Generally, girls are more willing to self-report drug use than boys, with the exception of Latina girls.

Data mining has been used to aid police departments allocate resources to combat crime based on offense patterns, and has led to predictive policing.

Which characteristics are used to predict chronic offending?

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 fact that low rates of offending are noticeable with females because of the idea that the criminal justice system treats them lightly is referred to as the _____________________.

When criminal complaints are found through investigation to be unfounded, they are eliminated from the actual count in the Uniform Crime Report.

Discuss the gender differences in the crime rate, and how this has been explained.

Most teens who commit crime discontinue their criminal ways by adulthood.