Deck 2: What Do We Know About Crime

Question 1

Crime analysts rely on examining statistical data.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Results of data analysis of statistics are used, in part, to form conclusions that support the justification for tactical recommendations made to address issues related to crime.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

We need never to be skeptical about crime statistics.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One important question you must ask regarding crime statistics is: Are crime measurements measuring what they purport to be measuring

Question 5

One of the most frequently used data sources for estimating crime come from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.

Question 6

The Uniform Crime Reports are released every three years.

Question 7

Uniform Crime Reports data comes from citizens and their views about crime.

Question 8

The National Crime Victimization Survey has been conducted annually since 1972 by the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics

Question 9

The NCVS is a rich source of information about criminal victimization.

Question 10

The results of the NCVS show that there are many more crimes that are committed than are reported to the police for the UCR Program

Question 11

The most frequently used data sources for estimating crime come from:

A) The Uniform Crime Reports, the NCVS, the NIBRS and Self-report studies.
B) Gallup Polls.
C) CNN surveys.
D) Interviews conducted by the FBI.

Question 12

The the FBI's UCR data is compiled from more than:

A) 1,000 interviews with families.
B) 1800 high school students.
C) 18,000 law enforcement agencies.
D) 10,000 public opinion surveys.

Question 13

When the results of the UCR are made public each year, total statistics crime are reported to the public in two broad categories:

A) Upper class and lower class
B) Robbery and Homicide
C) Type I and Type II crimes
D) Violent crime and Property crime

Question 14

The Uniform Crime Reports statistics on crime are generally regarded as:

A) Fairly useless and biased.
B) Official crime data.
C) Self-report data
D) The best information available about victimization.

Question 15

One significant drawback to the UCR is:

A) It only counts crime reported to the police
B) It includes all crimes
C) It doesn't include crimes committed by white people
D) It doesn't include statistics from rural police departments.

Question 16

The NIBRS program is being developed by:

A) The Bureau of Justice Statistics
B) The White House
C) The FBI
D) The Bureau of the Census

Question 17

The NIBRS program will essentially enhance the UCR by:

A) Including statistics from Indian tribes and the homeless
B) Providing offense & arrest data on 22 broad categories of crime
C) Including data on healthcare fraud and identity theft
D) Providing arrest information on all minorities

Question 18

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is:

A) A self-report survey in which people are asked to tell about crimes in the neighborhood.
B) A self-report survey in which people are asked to reveal intimate details about family life.
C) A self-report survey in which people are asked to tell about victimizations they experienced during the prior six months.
D) A self-report survey in which persons are asked robberies and homicides they committed.

Question 19

The NCVS complements the UCR Program by:

A) Giving a more complete picture of the extent of crime in the U.S.
B) Providing details of crimes local police departments failed to report.
C) Giving profiles of assault victims.
D) Providing information about illegal immigrants.

Question 20

By comparing the UCR and the NCVS, it is found that:

A) The police never arrest innocent people.
B) All crimes are reported to the police.
C) Fewer than 10 percent of crimes are reported to the police.
D) Fewer than half of violent crimes are reported to the police.

Question 21

Self-report surveys:

A) Are secret surveys.
B) Ask people to reveal information about themselves and their own law violations.
C) Are invalid because everyone lies.
D) Ask people to tell about their friend's criminal offenses.

Question 22

A basic assumption of self-report studies is:

A) That the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality will encourage people to be honest about their illegal activities.
B) That people don't like filling out questionnaires.
C) That people only reveal some of their offenses.
D) That people do not trust that a self-report will be kept confidential.

Question 23

Self-report surveys are a way to learn more about the "dark figures of crime;" which refers to:

A) Those individuals who wear masks to commit crimes.
B) Stealthy figures who rob and steal at night.
C) Those people who refuse to take surveys.
D) The individuals who don't show up in official statistics.

Question 24

One thing found from self-report surveys is that:

A) African Americans commit more crimes than white people.
B) Upper class youth commit more crimes than lower class youth.
C) There is no difference in the amount of crime committed by lower-class and middle-class youth.
D) White youth commit more robberies than do Hispanic youth.

Question 25

CompStat is an accountability process officially adopted by:

A) The Department of Justice in the 1980s.
B) The FBI in the 1990s.
C) The New York City Police Department in 1994.
D) By the Cleveland Police Department in 2005.

Question 26

CompStat, as used by law enforcement, is:

A) An in-house process that holds upper management accountable for crime reduction within their respective areas of patrol.
B) A program in police departments to solve unsolved crimes.
C) An in-house process that attempts to weed out corruption in police departments.
D) A program that uses complex statistics to better understand crime in the suburbs.

Question 27

As established in the New York City Police Department, CompStat is:

A) A program that relies on confidential informants.
B) Based on the philosophy that crime doesn't pay.
C) A program that punishes police officers who fail to solve crimes.
D) Based on the idea of utilizing accurate and timely intelligence about underlying crime conditions.

Question 28

While statistics and data are often meaningful, they must be:

A) Discarded by crime analysts.
B) Examined for any sort of constructive purpose for law enforcement.
C) Used by crime analysts to help justify pay raises for police officers.
D) Examined by law enforcement administrators to have any meaning.

Question 29

The crime analysis process must follow five steps: (1) data collection, (2) data collation, (3) analysis, (4) dissemination of results, and:

A) Assessment of the number of crimes solved.
B) Criticism from citizens.
C) Incorporation of feedback from users of the information.
D) Assessment of the compliments related to graphics.

Question 30

Three ways to collect and store data are Computer-aided dispatch, Records management system and:

A) Amazon's cloud-based voice service.
B) Geographic data system.
C) Blackboard educational platform.
D) Manual accounting system.

Question 31

Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) in police departments is usually used to track the status of every call to its completion and to:

A) Efficiently manage the resources of the police department relative to the volume of calls.
B) Record all personal phone calls by police officers.
C) Keep track of where every law enforcement officer is at every moment.
D) Make sure no squad car makes an unauthorized stop.

Question 32

Records Management System is a system that allows the collection & storage of:

A) Relevant forensic evidence.
B) Photos of suspects.
C) Relevant police data.
D) All police officers who have had reprimands.

Question 33

ArcGIS is a:

A) Software program to find out where suspects live.
B) Geographic information system
C) System that automatically sends out robocalls for the police.
D) Geographic archiving service.

Question 34

ArcGIS gives the police the ability to:

A) Take data from CAD or RMS and store it away.
B) Take data from CAD or RMS and locate who lives in a certain residence.
C) Take data from CAD or RMS and decide whether domestic violence ever occurred there.
D) Take data from CAD or RMS and give the data a geographic location and put that on a map.

Question 35

Often, data for the crime analyst to examine will come from CAD, RMS and:

A) ArcGIS
B) Alexa
C) Netflix
D) Hulu