Deck 2: Victims and Offenders: Myths and Realities About Crime

Question 1

Starting in 2003,NCVS respondents were able to self-report:

A)more than one ethnicity.
B)more than one race.
C)only one ethnicity.
D)only one race.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The National Crime Victimization Survey is conducted by the _____.

A)U.S.Census Bureau
B)Bureau of Justice Statistics
C)Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)U.S.Department of Justice

Answer 2

U.S.Census Bureau

Question 3

NCVS victimization information is collected from persons age _____ and older who are members of the household selected in the sample.

A)10
B)12
C)13
D)14

Answer 3

12

Question 4

Household victimization rates are highest for __________ in urban areas.

A)African Americans
B)whites
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)multi-racial individuals

Question 5

The crimes that receive the most attention from the media,from politicians,and from criminal justice policymakers,are:

A)crimes involving white victims.
B)crimes involving African American offenders.
C)street crimes such as murder,robbery,and rape.
D)Both a and b,above.

Question 6

Hoax perpetrators have been charged with _______,but this occurs in less than half of the documented cases.

A)assault
B)fraud
C)intimidating witnesses
D)filing false police reports

Question 7

Arrests of Native Americans made by tribal police are:

A)not recorded in UCR data.
B)recorded in UCR data.
C)included in county arrest data.
D)not that important

Question 8

Early self-report surveys conducted before 1980 found:

A)little difference in delinquency rates across all races.
B)little difference in delinquency rates between African Americans and whites.
C)significant differences in delinquency rates across all races.
D)significant differences in delinquency rates between African Americans and whites.

Question 9

The information on offenders gleaned from the UCR is incomplete and __________ because it includes only offenders whose crimes result in arrest.

A)potentially misleading
B)proven inaccurate
C)proven useless as a research tool
D)Answers a,b and c are all correct.

Question 10

Household victimization rates are highest for __________ in rural areas.

A)African Americans
B)whites
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)multi-racial individuals

Question 11

Household victimization rates are highest for __________ in suburban areas.

A)African Americans
B)whites
C)Native Americans/Alaska Natives
D)multi-racial individuals

Question 12

When the police decide that a reported crime is "unfounded," the incident is:

A)not supported by witness reports.
B)filed on an official report but not investigated.
C)not counted as an offense known to the police.
D)not important

Question 13

The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetuated by a ____ person charging an African American.

A)African American
B)Latino
C)white
D)Asian

Question 14

The race and ethnicity of the household is recorded as:

A)the race and ethnicity of the adult completing the household questionnaire.
B)the dominant race and ethnicity of the household population.
C)"multiracial" if the household population consists of two or more races.
D)"multiethnic" if the household population consists of two or more ethnicities.

Question 15

The NCVS survey sample is chosen on the basis of __________.

A)voter registration rolls
B)county property registers
C)the most recent census data
D)driver's license rolls

Question 16

Analysis of all data sources reveals that crime is predominantly:

A)an interracial event.
B)an intraracial event.
C)racially indiscriminate.
D)racially specific by region.

Question 17

Respondents who report personal victimization are asked to describe the nature and response to the crime as well as:

A)to describe the offender and their relationship,if any.
B)the after-effects of the victimization.
C)whether he/she has had voluntary post-victimization contact with the offender.
D)whether he/she has had involuntary post-victimization contact with the offender.

Question 18

Jacobs argued that a hate crime statute creates a law that is unlikely to deter and that its implementation:

A)serves no purpose.
B)will widen social division.
C)is constitutionally questionable.
D)Answers a,b and c are correct.

Question 19

Members of NCVS selected households are contacted either in person or by phone every _____ months for _____ years

A)6,2
B)12,2
C)6,3
D)12,3

Question 20

The NCVS respondents reveal the hate incidents they report to the police are confirmed by police investigation in fewer than __ percent of incidents

A)25
B)5
C)30
D)10

Question 21

NCVS interviews are conducted at 6-month intervals.

Question 22

Youth gangs initially appeared in the U.S.:

A)after the Civil War.
B)during Prohibition.
C)after the Revolutionary War.
D)during the 1890s.

Question 23

There is no provision in the NCVS format for identifying multiracial respondents.

Question 24

The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that the likelihood of a black female being raped during her lifetime is nearly one out of every __________ females.

Question 25

Gangs are exclusively male.

Question 26

Victimization data reveal that whites are more likely than racial minorities in most circumstances to be victimized by crime.

Question 27

Racial hoaxes are most often perpetuated by African Americans.

Question 28

The pattern of media emphasis on white,female missing persons is not necessarily __________.

Question 29

The racial differences in NCVS household victimization rates vary depending on the degree of __________.

Question 30

The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that the likelihood of a female being raped during her lifetime is nearly one out of every __________ females.

Question 31

Generally,hate crime legislation is:

A)enacted in the form of penalty enhancements for existing common law offenses.
B)enacted as new criminal statutes specifying hate crime elements and punishments.
C)limited to federal sanctions pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
D)limited to state criminal codes only.

Question 32

Our perceptions of crime are shaped to a large extent by the highly publicized crimes featured on the nightly news and __________ in newspapers.

Question 33

NCVS __________ victimization incident questionnaires are administered to household members age 12 and older.

Question 34

Researchers estimate that females represent ________ of all gang members.

A)between 50 and 60%
B)between 30 and 50%
C)between 1 and 5%
D)between 10 and 25%

Question 35

The first gangs in the US were African American.

Question 36

Most gangs are:

A)racially heterogeneous.
B)ethnically homogenous.
C)racially and ethnically homogeneous.
D)racially and ethnically heterogeneous.

Question 37

The media often suggest crime is increasing at astronomical rates,when in fact the great American crime drop brought crime rates to historic lows.

Question 38

Media reports exactly mirror the number and types of crime in the US.

Question 39

NCVS information is collected from persons age 16 and older who are members of the household selected in the sample.

Question 40

The universal definition of gang,established in the Uniform Crime Reports,fails to address ethnicity-based gang groups.

Question 41

Crime is predominantly an __________ event.

Question 42

______ ______ represent less than 1 percent (0.5 percent)of the sample population of non-Hispanic respondents in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).

Question 43

Hate crime is also referred to as __________ crime.

Question 44

Generally,hate crime legislation is enacted in the form of penalty _______.