Chapter 2 The Crime Picture Study Guide

Chapter 2 The Crime Picture Study Guide 1) If you are looking for national crime statistics and want data on crimes reported to the police, you should use which of the following sources of data? the uniform crime reportx 2) Which agency is responsible for the National Crime Victimization Survey? The bureau of statistics 3) What is the main reason why the Crime Index no longer included in the UCR? There are so many larcenies that this crime overshadows more serious index crimes 4) For which of the following studies would you definitely want to use NIBRS rather than the UCR? A study examining multiple crimes that occur within a single incident 5) Which factor contributed to a dramatic increase in crime in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s? The baby boom 6) According to the text, what should we expect to see in the near future when we examine crime statistics? The decline in crime observed since the mid-1990s is expected to end and criminal activity will increase 7) The clearance rate is a traditional measure of investigative effectiveness that compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved through arrest or other means. 8) What are Part I violent crime offenses? 9) Which of the Part I violent crimes is the least common? murder 10) A mass murder involves killing at least four victims at one location during one event. 11) Most rapes are committed by an aquaintace of the victim 12) The unlawful, intentional inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of serious injury upon the person of another is the crime of aggravated assault 13) burgulary is defined as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. 14) flah robs refers to events where social media directs people — often teenagers — to go to retail stores and rob them. 15) larceny/theft is the unlawful taking or attempted taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property, from the possession or constructive possession of another. 16) What offenses falls under the category of larceny? shoplifting 17) identity theft involves obtaining key pieces of information, such as Social Security and driver's license numbers, to obtain credit, merchandise, and services in the victim's name. 18) For part II offenses, the UCR only collects information on recorded arrests. 19) The dark figure of crime refers to crime that is not reported 20) What crime victims would be included in the sample of individuals surveyed for the NCVS? A 14 year old girl who was sexually assaulted by a neighbor Ref: 54 21) What is a problem with the UCR program? the UCR does not include info on the dark figure of crime Page Ref: 55 22) A classification of crimes along a particular dimension, such as legal categories, offender motivation, victim behavior, or the characteristics of individual offenders is also known as crime typology 23) The use of the Internet, e-mail, and other electronic communication technologies to bully another person is known as cyberstalking 24) The elderly are more likely than younger people to be victims of violent crimes 25) The economic downturn resulted in a significant increase in which type of crime? mortgage fraud scams 26) Unlawful activity undertaken and supported by organized criminal groups operating across national boundaries is known as transnational organized crime. 27) What are Part I crimes? List and define the four Part I violent offenses.