Deck 15: Putting It All Together and Explaining Crime Trends

Question 1

Which of the following programs is effective crime control on gun violence?

A) handgun bans
B) assault weapons bans
C) gun buy backs
D) directed patrol for gun violence

Answer 1

directed patrol for gun violence

Question 2

The authors of a 1997 report to Congress identified __________ as being intimately tied to the crime problem.

A) root problems in fulcrums
B) underlying structural conditions
C) prison food
D) declining processes in patrol

Answer 2

underlying structural conditions

Question 3

Some criminologists have argued that fewer resources should be spent on criminal justice policy and_________.

A) probation officers
B) prison building
C) free will programs
D) relative sanctions

Answer 3

prison building

Question 4

__________is the most accurately measured and serious crime, making it a useful indicator to track shifts in crime.

A) Assault
B) Rape
C) Robbery
D) Homicide

Question 5

In 1996, James Alan Fox predicted that "the next__________will get so bad that it will make 1995 look like the good old days."

A) gang revolt
B) crime wave
C) tornado storm
D) economy crash

Question 6

The decade of the 1990s was indeed a period of strong __________.

A) economic growth
B) riotous activity
C) police reorganization
D) crime increase

Question 7

Some researchers have claimed that reductions in __________crime during the 1990s can be tied to the strong state of the economy.

A) property
B) vehicular
C) juvenile
D) violent

Question 8

Assault rates in California grew with the advent of violent video games like Mortal Kombat.

Question 9

The 1990s crime drop also caught nearly everyone by surprise. Researchers were actually forecasting increases in crime during the 1990s.

Question 10

Most criminologists agree that demographics probably have the most influence on crime.

Question 11

As more people approach old age, less crime is bound to occur.

Question 12

Some evidence suggests that during the crime decrease in the 1990s, the number of marriages was also decreasing.

Question 13

One researcher estimated that 9 percent of the homicide reduction from 1993 to 1996 was accounted for by the decrease in domestic murders.

Question 14

__________control is a policy response, whereas economic conditions, demographic shifts, citizen attitudes, and changes in family composition are less intentional.

Question 15

Conservatives tend to be vehemently opposed to __________control.

Question 16

The Roe v. __________case legalized abortion in the United States.

Question 17

Criminal justice is a(n)__________discipline in practice but not yet in theory.

Question 18

Early__________is considered an effective crime control policy with juveniles.

Question 19

The prison__________during the 1990s experienced an increase.

Question 20

Although one- officer in lieu of two- officer patrols appear to have virtually no effect on crime, what might be some reasons that some police agencies choose to continue that practice?

Question 21

College degrees for police officers have no direct effect on crime, but what might be some indirect advantages to police officers obtaining a college degree in criminal justice?