Question 1

The Uniform Crime Report is generated annually by the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) DEA 
B) FBI 
C) ATF 
D) BJS

Question 2

Crime rates in the U.S.have not changed at all since the early 1900s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Across categories of race/ethnicity, ______ are the most victimized.

Accepted Answer

A) African Americans 
B) Native Americans 
C) Hispanic Americans 
D) Asian Americans

Question 4

According to the latest estimates, about ______ of the index offenses are not reported to police

Accepted Answer

A) 10-20% 
B) 25-35% 
C) 50-60% 
D) 70-80%

Question 5

The NCVS uses a scientifically selected random sample of households, therefore the results data is generalizable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What effect has the Baby Boom generation had on crime in the last 50 years?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What effect has the Baby Boom generation...

Question 7

The dark figure of crime refers to the crimes that go unreported to the police.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Theory is defined as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) philosophical renderings about why a phenomenon happens 
B) an untested idea about why something happens 
C) a legal examination of a particular event 
D) concepts that are linked together by a series of statements to (help) explain why an event occurs

Question 9

The shopping center parking lot in Some City, Texas has high levels of motor vehicle theft.This parking lot, then, would be referred to by law enforcement as a/an ______.

Accepted Answer

A) impact area 
B) hot spot 
C) neglected area 
D) target area

Question 10

The ______ perspective assumes that individuals are passive subjects of determinism.

Accepted Answer

A) positive school 
B) classical school 
C) conflict 
D) control

Question 11

The data reported by the National Crime Victimization Survey is based on the number of crimes per 1,000 ______ per year.

Accepted Answer

A) persons 
B) households 
C) voters 
D) law enforcement officers

Question 12

The NCVS provides rates of crime as "crimes per 100,000 people per year."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to the text, ______ would NOT be a good example of a hot spot.

Accepted Answer

A) fast food restaurants 
B) tattoo parlors 
C) check-cashing businesses 
D) churches

Question 14

Across demographic catergories, the highest rates of victimization AND offending are among ______.

Accepted Answer

A) women 
B) Hispanics 
C) Blacks/African-Americans 
D) the teen-age population

Question 15

______ data are primarily collected by independent academic scientists or think tank agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports 
B) The National Crime Victimization Survey 
C) Self-report 
D) Arrest

Question 16

______ have had the highest crime rates in the last few decades.

Accepted Answer

A) The south and the west 
B) The south and the east 
C) The west and the north 
D) The west and the east

Question 17

The UCR's Part 1 offenses are also referred to as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) non-index crimes 
B) non-violent crimes 
C) index crimes 
D) victimless crimes

Question 18

Perhaps the most important way that crime and victimization tends to cluster in groups is by ______.

Accepted Answer

A) race/ethnicity 
B) religion 
C) age 
D) region

Question 19

The UCR has been collecting data since 1900.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The three criteria that are needed to show causality are temporal ordering, covariation, and ______.

Accepted Answer

A) accounting for spuriousness 
B) correlation 
C) parsimony 
D) scope

Exam 1: Introduction to the Book: an Overview of Issues in Criminological Theory

The Uniform Crime Report is generated annually by the ______.

Crime rates in the U.S.have not changed at all since the early 1900s.

Across categories of race/ethnicity, ______ are the most victimized.

According to the latest estimates, about ______ of the index offenses are not reported to police

The NCVS uses a scientifically selected random sample of households, therefore the results data is generalizable.

What effect has the Baby Boom generation had on crime in the last 50 years?

The dark figure of crime refers to the crimes that go unreported to the police.

Theory is defined as ______.

The shopping center parking lot in Some City, Texas has high levels of motor vehicle theft.This parking lot, then, would be referred to by law enforcement as a/an ______.

The ______ perspective assumes that individuals are passive subjects of determinism.

The data reported by the National Crime Victimization Survey is based on the number of crimes per 1,000 ______ per year.

The NCVS provides rates of crime as "crimes per 100,000 people per year."

According to the text, ______ would NOT be a good example of a hot spot.

Across demographic catergories, the highest rates of victimization AND offending are among ______.

______ data are primarily collected by independent academic scientists or think tank agencies.

______ have had the highest crime rates in the last few decades.

The UCR's Part 1 offenses are also referred to as ______.

Perhaps the most important way that crime and victimization tends to cluster in groups is by ______.

The UCR has been collecting data since 1900.

The three criteria that are needed to show causality are temporal ordering, covariation, and ______.