CH 1 Flashcards
The most widely used and cited official measure of crime in the U.S. is the:
- National Crime Survey
- Uniform Crime Reports
- Supplemental Crime Reports
- NCVS
- none of the above
Uniform Crime Reports
Part I crimes include all but which of the following?
- arson, kidnapping, assault, rape, murder
- murder, burglary, auto theft, larceny
- larceny, robbery, auto theft, rape
- arson, burglary, larceny, robbery
arson, kidnapping, assault, rape, murder
Which of the following is NOT true about the UCR?
- it is voluntary
- individual officers can adjust the crime counts
- departments have no control over the crime reports
- many offenses are not reported to the police
- all of the above are true
departments have no control over the crime reports
Surveys of the population to measure criminal victimization in society are called:
- crime surveys
- victimization surveys
- self-report surveys
- uniform crime report surveys
- none of the above
victimization surveys
The best known of the victimization surveys is the:
- Panel Survey
- National Youth Survey
- Monitoring the Future Survey
- National Crime Victimization Survey
- none of the above
National Crime Victimization Survey
A survey that questions the same subjects repeatedly over a specified period is a:
- longitudinal survey
- panel survey
- repeated response survey
- cross-sectional survey
- none of the above
panel survey
Compared to the number of crimes committed, monetary losses from crime:
- are dropping at a comparable rate
- vary greatly from year to year
- reach into the trillions of dollars each year
- cannot be determined
- none of the above
reach into the trillions of dollars each year
“An emotional response of dread or anxiety to crime or symbols that a person associates with crime” defines:
- anxiety reaction
- incivility
- fear
- affective avoidance
- none of the above
fear
Various studies place the level of fear of crime in society at roughly:
- 20%–30%
- 30%–40%
- 40%–50%
- 50%–60%
- more than 60%
40%–50%
Compared to both official and victimization measures of crime, fear of crime is:
- lower
- about the same
- higher
- directly related to crime
- none of the above
higher
Which of the following is NOT part of the classification system for fear offered by Ferraro and LaGrange?
- emotions
- judgments
- anxiety
- values
- all of the above are included
anxiety
Official and victimization measures typically show that ______ of the population are victimized.
- less than 10%
- 20%–30%
- 40%–50%
- 60%–70%
- more than 70%
less than 10%
________________ refers to knowing someone or hearing about someone who has been the victim of a crime.
- perceptual victimization
- associative victimization
- vicarious victimization
- attributive fear
- none of the above
vicarious victimization
The growth of identity theft is largely related to ___________________.
- ease of stealing credit cards
- the Internet and electronic records
- failure by people to protect their identities
- the failure to shred documents
- none of the above
the Internet and electronic records
Which of the following is NOT a reason there is limited data on mass-market fraud?
- too new for the system
- no systematic method for collecting this data
- no definition of the crimes
- victims often don’t know they have been victimized
- all of the above are reasons
no definition of the crimes
