Exam 2: Measuring Crime

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Hate crimes are not separate,distinct crimes,but rather traditional offenses motivated by the offender's bias.

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The Supplementary Homicide Reports allow for ______ reporting.

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__________ collects data from participating agencies on officer line-of-duty deaths and assaults.

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The Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA)is a supplementary data collection program of the UCR

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Describe the Supplemental Homicide Report and the information it collects on homicide victims and offenders.

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This type of death occurs when an officer is killed because of or while performing his or her official duties and as a direct result of a criminal act by a subject:

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Discuss various reasons law enforcement may use data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

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Compared to other offenses such as forcible rape,robbery,and aggravated assault,homicide offenses are less likely to have details about the incident,such as the victims and/or offenders.

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Surveys address four broad classes of questions,EXCEPT:

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The FBI developed an enhanced UCR Program which is named the ______.

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The UCR stands for:

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Law enforcement agencies across the United States just recently,in 2010,began collecting crime data.

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Compare and contrast the NCVS and UCR.

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This type of death occurs when the officer is on or off duty and acting in an official capacity while reacting to a situation that would ordinarily fall within the scope of his or her official duties as a law enforcement officer:

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The UCR is a "summary-based system," meaning these data are a summary,or total count,of crimes based on the reporting agencies.

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Any individuals ______ and older are eligible to participate in the NCVS survey.

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There is no separate reporting system or data collection on hate crimes across the United States.

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Describe the different ways in which the death of law enforcement officers are tracked by the UCR data.

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Instances when crimes do not come to the attention of law enforcement or some other criminal justice agency is referred to as ______.

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The victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack were classified as victims of murder.

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