Exam 2: Measuring and Comparing

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A _________________ is one with a high level of development, measured by indicators such as, gross domestic product and industrialization.

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Developed country

The CTS questionnaire consists of four parts dealing primarily with statistical information about the main components of the ____________________ and an __________.

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Criminal justice system,Annex

List four (4) out of five (5) reasons that some countries do not collect some form of crime data, according to Mueller.

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-Countries are so small that the administrative staff may not be able to handle the requests.
-Some countries are too involved in Civil War to keep track of crime problems.
-"New" emerging countries have not developed a system of collection and dissemination of crime data.
-Some countries lack the technical resources and knowledge necessary to report the crime data.
-Some countries have the resources but still refuse,because they are concerned that crime data will negatively affect the nation's world standing or tourist trade.

At the root of the problem of non-standardized definitions is the issue of determining what a _________ is versus what is __________.

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What a country decides is illegal tells us something about that nation's social, economic, and political situation.

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The best available sources of international crime data are:

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The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) are compiled by:

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In regards to crime, perceived risk and social action are closely tied to each other.

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The ____________________________ study uses a standard instrument to compare juvenile rates of crime in 12 European locations and the United States.

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The NCVS finds that overall, approximately 50 percent of violent crimes and all property crimes are reported to the police.

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The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) are collected by individual _______________ and compiled by the _________________ annually.

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Which crime statistics assembly method involves people reporting their own delinquent and criminal acts?

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The ICVS is only interested in incidents reported to the police.

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Which of the following of our model countries has the lowest homicide rates?

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The first attempt to collect data on crime at the international level occurred at:

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When looking at the 10 crimes surveyed by the ICVS, in comparison to the model countries the United States has:

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List and explain the four approaches to explaining criminal behavior discussed in the text.

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According to the ICVS, when taking all sexual offenses together, victims knew the offender in about half the cases.

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Explain Saudi Arabia's explanations for their low crime rate.Also, discuss any contradictory reasoning.

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The NCVS improves our knowledge of the true extent of crime by reducing the ______________ of crime.

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