Exam 2: The Nature of Crime and Victimization

Which of the following statements about the validity of self-report data is false?

What percent of high school students carry guns at least some of the time?

As the number of guns in the population increases, so does the violent crime rate.

Summarize what self-report trends reveal about crime.

Discuss the Delinquency in a Birth Cohort study and how its findings have shaped justice policy.

According to ____ theory, indicators of neighborhood disorder are highly predictive of crime rates.

Which of the following groups experience violent crimes at a higher rate than other groups?

____________________ theory points to research efforts linking family problems to crime as evidence that socialization, not social structure, is the key to understanding the onset of criminality.

Describe the social, economic, personal, and demographic factors suggested by experts to account for the recent crime drop in the United States.

Underdeveloped nations have murder rates significantly lower than the United States.

Explain violent crime using one of the theories elaborated in the text. Discuss why this theoretical explanation is the most useful for understanding violent crime.

Research suggests that a distinct relationship exists between crime rates and urbanization.

It is estimated that there are more than one million gang members in the United States.

Which of the following is an index crime?

In a study entitled Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, researchers found that chronic offenders committed approximately ____ percent of offenses?

____ maintains that everyone has the potential to become criminal.

Which type of data uses interviews and questionnaires with high school students?

African Americans account for almost 50 percent of Part I violent crime arrests.

Discuss the intersection of race, class, gender, and crime victimization.

What type of study is the best measure of unreported crimes?