Chapter 2 of test 1 Flashcards
This Crime is Seriously under-reported is __ because $5000 and under of small items may never make it into police reports and might be forgotten by victims during interviews with victimization surveyors
Theft is Seriously under reported
Between what ages experienced Personal Victimization at rates greater than the rates for other groups
ages 15 - 24 Y/O
what is the best predictor for criminality?
Gender
The accuracy of this research approach is largely predicated on the honesty and forthrightness of the respondent what research study is this?
Self-report studies
What is the dissemination of crime data in Canada also known as?
UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting)
in the Roman time, population counts were made every how many years?
5 years
In all of Canada, how many women experienced at least one incident of violence since the age of 16
50%
The crime rate is used to be calculated by summing all criminal code indents reported by the police and calculating the rate per 100,000 population, this is used for __
UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting)
what are the two sorts of Correlations?
Positive & Negative
This is defined as an offence that has been closed when police have formally charged a person or when there is sufficient evidence to lay a charge against an identified person, even if that person has not been apprehended by police.
Offence cleared by charge
What is this calculation for the total number of reported crimes in the given year per 100,000 population?
Crime rate
How often is the GSS General Social Survey?
5 years
Beginning in which year did the Victimization Survey become part of GSS every 5 years
1988
What surveys are used to collect crime statistics?
UCR Survey
Victimization Survey
__ are used to gather data about specific locations and places, helping to understand where certain events or conditions occur.
Demographics
