Exam 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime

The Bureau of Justice Statistics sponsors one of the largest victim-related surveys, known as the: ______________________.

Noncitizen adult men from Mexico, a group disproportionately likely to have entered the U.S. illegally, are ______ than U.S.-born adult men to be in a correctional setting

Because of the amount of disposable income __________, crime rates may be higher.

Which crime has the highest clearance rate because of arrests?

Observing a group of people who share a like characteristic, especially over time, is termed:

A crime, in general, is most likely to occur under which set of conditions?

Which best portrays the validity concerns that impact data-collection methods for the UCR?

Those unable to obtain desired goods and services through conventional means may consequently resort to theft and other illegal activities known as ________ crimes.

A police department could use  ______ 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.

The 1972 landmark research by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin was titled ___________________.

The propensity shown in Paternoster et al's study of deviant peers is that people exposed to positive attitudes toward deviant behavior are ____ likely to adapt similar behaviors themselves.

Globalization and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs may increase the crime rate in the future, according to the text.

Neighborhoods experiencing income inequality and resource deprivation have crime rates significantly higher than neighborhoods with greater wealth.

About 80 percent of all murders and 70 percent of all robberies involve the use of firearms.

Elderly males (over the age of 65) are primarily arrested more often for __________, while elderly females are arrested for ___________.

A _______________________________ is a survey in which data about all variables related to a given population are collected in order to determine crime rates.

The phrase "the ecology of crime" refers to:

Criminologists use _____ to create graphic representations of the spatial geography of crime.

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

The masculine hypothesis, which states that most female crime is committed by more masculine females who possess male traits, was developed by: