Question 1

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014).
-The Monitoring the Future survey in 2010 showed that only 20% of high school seniors had used illicit drugs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014).
-The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has multiple data collection programs to gather information about juvenile offenders held in residential facilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The National Crime Victimization Survey is an inaccurate measure of juvenile delinquency in part because:

Accepted Answer

A)   it asks victims to estimate the age of the offender, which is often inaccurate.
B)   victims like to lie and accuse teenagers of crime.
C)   only adult crime has real victims.
D)   age reporting by offenders is notoriously inaccurate. A

Question 4

Which of the following is not a strength of victimization surveys?

Accepted Answer

A)   They provide information about crimes that victims do not report to police.
B)   They can be used to estimate the risks of victimization based on demographic characteristics.
C)   They include a wider range of offenses than UCR data do.
D)   All of the above.

Question 5

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017).
-It is relatively easy to compile national juvenile court statistics, given that all juvenile court jurisdictions use the same categories when coding juvenile court data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What can UCR arrest data tell us?

Accepted Answer

A)   The number of youth who have committed delinquent acts.
B)   The number of arrests made by the police.
C)   The number of youths who will appear in juvenile court.
D)   All of the above.

Question 7

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is an example of what kind of data?

Accepted Answer

A)   official data
B)   self-report data
C)   victimization data

Question 8

Both UCR and NCVS data are better measures of minor offending than of serious crime and delinquency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Juvenile Court Statistics report data regarding:

Accepted Answer

A)   crime reported to the police.
B)   crimes cleared through arrest.
C)   juvenile cases handled by juvenile courts.
D)   All of the above.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a Part I crime reported by the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?

Accepted Answer

A)   burglary
B)   motor vehicle theft
C)   vandalism
D)   larceny-theft

Question 11

Most victims report crimes they have experienced to the police.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Self-report surveys of offending reveal much higher rates of offending than do UCR data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017).
-The National Juvenile Court Data Archive makes _____________-level data available to researchers and policymakers.

Accepted Answer

A)   national
B)   state
C)   local
D)   All of the above.

Question 14

_______________ surveys gather information from the same individuals at multiple points in time, and are therefore well suited to address questions about changes in delinquent involvement over the life course.

Accepted Answer

A)   Validity-focused
B)   Cross-sectional
C)   Longitudinal
D)   Variable impact

Question 15

The UCR is gathered by which agency?

Accepted Answer

A)   ATF
B)   CIA
C)   FBI
D)   Secret Service

Question 16

One of the problems with official data, such as the UCR, is that:

Accepted Answer

A)   it only measures some of the crime that comes to the attention of local law enforcement officials.
B)   it only asks victims about crimes that they have experienced in the last six months.
C)   many people lie to interviewers.
D)   it is biased because many police lie about how many people they have arrested.

Question 17

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014).
-Which of the following statements is true regarding trends in victimization rates between 1994 and 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)   Serious violent victimization rates increased for males but decreased for females.
B)   For whites, blacks, and Hispanics, serious violent victimization rates decreased.
C)   Simple assault victimization rates increased for both males and females.
D)   All of the above.

Question 18

"Official" data are gathered by:

Accepted Answer

A)   governmental agencies that are a part of juvenile justice systems.
B)   research experts who have graduate training in statistics.
C)   the American Criminal Justice Data Center.
D)   agencies that are authorized under state statutory law to collect data.

Question 19

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017).
-Juvenile Court Statistics provides national estimates of both delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following is a strength of UCR data?

Accepted Answer

A)   They provide uniform, nationwide data.
B)   They can be used to explore trends in crime and delinquency rates.
C)   They provide demographic information about arrested offenders.
D)   All of the above.

Exam 4: Data on Delinquency and Juvenile Justice

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014). -The Monitoring the Future survey in 2010 showed that only 20% of high school seniors had used illicit drugs.

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014). -The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has multiple data collection programs to gather information about juvenile offenders held in residential facilities.

The National Crime Victimization Survey is an inaccurate measure of juvenile delinquency in part because:

Which of the following is not a strength of victimization surveys?

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017). -It is relatively easy to compile national juvenile court statistics, given that all juvenile court jurisdictions use the same categories when coding juvenile court data.

What can UCR arrest data tell us?

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is an example of what kind of data?

Both UCR and NCVS data are better measures of minor offending than of serious crime and delinquency.

Juvenile Court Statistics report data regarding:

Which of the following is not a Part I crime reported by the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) ?

Most victims report crimes they have experienced to the police.

Self-report surveys of offending reveal much higher rates of offending than do UCR data.

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017) . -The National Juvenile Court Data Archive makes _____________-level data available to researchers and policymakers.

_______________ surveys gather information from the same individuals at multiple points in time, and are therefore well suited to address questions about changes in delinquent involvement over the life course.

The UCR is gathered by which agency?

One of the problems with official data, such as the UCR, is that:

The following questions are on Reading 4.2: Sickmund and Puzzanchera (2014) . -Which of the following statements is true regarding trends in victimization rates between 1994 and 2010?

"Official" data are gathered by:

The following questions are on Reading 4.1: Hockenberry and Puzzanchera (2017). -Juvenile Court Statistics provides national estimates of both delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases.

Which of the following is a strength of UCR data?