Exam 4: Counting Crime

A person steals money from a victim,assaults the victim,locks the victim in a car trunk and drives him to a remote field,and finally kills the victim,all during the same incident.Which of these crimes actually is counted in the UCR system?

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Question 21

Victimization surveys involve random samples of the population about their victimization experiences.

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Question 22

Compared to the UCR1,the UCR2 has reduced the amount of information collected on crime by the police.

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Question 23

Data elements refer to a consensus about what specific information should be collected.

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Question 24

Which of the following is the basic unit of count for the court surveys?

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Question 25

The "dark figure of crime" refers to which of the following?

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Question 26

Compare and contrast the UCR Aggregate (UCR1.0)Survey and the UCR Incident-Based (UCR2.0)Survey.

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Question 27

A court survey entails the administration of a questionnaire to a random sample of criminal court judges.

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Question 28

Which of the following scenarios best reflects Kaplan's "law of the hammer"?

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Question 29

According to the textbook which of the following most accurately accounts for the statistics indicating an overall increase in the average daily count of adults in custody in Canada between 1978 and 2013?

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Question 30

Which of the following accurately depicts the total Criminal Code offence rate from 1962 through 2010?

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Question 31

Which of the following terms best describe when governments introduce tough-on-crime legislation despite the fact that statistics show the crime rate is falling?

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Question 32

Describe the crime severity index.Why was it developed (i.e. ,what limitations of existing UCR statistics did it address)?

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Question 33

A gross count of crime is sufficient for a researcher wishing to compare the amount of crime over time.

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Question 34

Which of the following makes up the statistics in the Uniform Crime Reports?

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Question 35

In the 1960s and 1970s,what did social scientists begin to suggest regarding official records of crime?

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Question 36

Which of the following term refers to the consistency of research results over time?

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Question 37

Levels of aggregation refer to consensus about how to combine data.

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Question 38

What is meant by the term the "dark figure of crime"? Provide specific examples of "darkness" that characterize our understanding of the scope of crime in Canada.

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Question 39

Crimes known to the police will always be biased by inconsistencies in reporting & recording.

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A person steals money from a victim,assaults the victim,locks the victim in a car trunk and drives him to a remote field,and finally kills the victim,all during the same incident.Which of these crimes actually is counted in the UCR system?

Victimization surveys involve random samples of the population about their victimization experiences.

Compared to the UCR1,the UCR2 has reduced the amount of information collected on crime by the police.

Data elements refer to a consensus about what specific information should be collected.

Which of the following is the basic unit of count for the court surveys?

The "dark figure of crime" refers to which of the following?

Compare and contrast the UCR Aggregate (UCR1.0)Survey and the UCR Incident-Based (UCR2.0)Survey.

A court survey entails the administration of a questionnaire to a random sample of criminal court judges.

Which of the following scenarios best reflects Kaplan's "law of the hammer"?

According to the textbook which of the following most accurately accounts for the statistics indicating an overall increase in the average daily count of adults in custody in Canada between 1978 and 2013?

Which of the following accurately depicts the total Criminal Code offence rate from 1962 through 2010?

Which of the following terms best describe when governments introduce tough-on-crime legislation despite the fact that statistics show the crime rate is falling?

Describe the crime severity index.Why was it developed (i.e. ,what limitations of existing UCR statistics did it address)?

A gross count of crime is sufficient for a researcher wishing to compare the amount of crime over time.

Which of the following makes up the statistics in the Uniform Crime Reports?

In the 1960s and 1970s,what did social scientists begin to suggest regarding official records of crime?

Which of the following term refers to the consistency of research results over time?

Levels of aggregation refer to consensus about how to combine data.

What is meant by the term the "dark figure of crime"? Provide specific examples of "darkness" that characterize our understanding of the scope of crime in Canada.

Crimes known to the police will always be biased by inconsistencies in reporting & recording.

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