chapter 2, nature and extent of crime

Question 1

uniform crime report (UCR)

Answer 1

yearly crime report used by all police agencies in canada

Question 2

UCR2

Answer 2

revised reporting system introduced mid-1980’s, collects info about accused, victims, location, weapons. all police services in canada use UCR and UCR2

Question 3

crime severity index (CSI)

Answer 3

yearly crime report used by all police agencies in canada that measures both volume and severity of crime across the country

Question 4

general social survey-victimization survey (GSS-VS)

Answer 4

national study in 1988,’93,’99,’04,’09,’14 by StatCan that surveys ~20,000 Canadians about their personal experience with crime

Question 5

self report survey

Answer 5

research approach requiring subjects to reveal their own participation in crimes

Question 6

street crimes

Answer 6

crimes such as robbery, assault, sexual assault, theft, and murder that often occur in public places and are easy to detect

Question 7

suite crimes

Answer 7

crimes such as price fixing, insider trading, embezzlement, improper disposal of toxins that often occur behind closed doors in corporate boardrooms/offices, hard to detect

Question 8

aging out

Answer 8

fact that people commit less crime as they mature and get older

Question 9

youth criminal justice act (YCJA)

Answer 9

law that provides for range of alternative measures to divert minor cases out of courts and custody sentences, however means stiffer sentences for more severe crimes

Question 10

racial profiling

Answer 10

police initiated action directed at a suspect or group of suspects solely based on race

Question 11

computerized crime mapping

Answer 11

use of police data and geographical information system (GIS) computer programs to construct and analyze digital maps representing spatial location of crimes, for purpose of planning police resources for crime prevention