Exam 3: Defining and Measuring Crime

In a civil court, the legal responsibility for one's own or another's actions is called:

Involuntary manslaughter is a negligent homicide in which the offender had no intent to kill his or her victim.

First degree felonies, punishable by a maximum penalty of _______ ________.

In some jurisdictions, the terms infraction and petty offense are used interchangeably.

Which of the following is NOT an argument in support of the National Crime Victimization Survey's?

In what type of date collection are individuals asked directly, either through personal interviews, questionnaires, or telephone interviews, about specific criminal activity to which they may have been a party?

A gross misdemeanor is punishable by which of the following in most states?

Murder in the first degree occurs under which of the following circumstances?

In a civil court, the person or institution against whom an action is brought is called the defendant.

The "dark figure of crime" in the United States is:

When the crime is __________ it means that it was planned and decided on after a process of decision making.

A homicide committed without malice towards the victim is known as:

The dark figure of crime is a term used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place, including those crimes that go unreported.

The majority of Part I offenses in the Uniform Crime Reports fall into which category?

In the early years of the 2000s, the nation's crime rate __________ for a time before Resuming its downward slope

A black man _____ times more likely than a white man to be sent to prison for a drug-related crime?

A felony is usually punishable by a fine and/or jail term of less than a year.

In what age group are the majority of people who are arrested for violent Crimes?

Which of the following is the branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement Of all private or public rights, as opposed to criminal matters.

Which type of crime would be considered a mala prohibita crime?