Chapter 2 The Crime Picture

Question 1

Aggravated Assault

Answer 1

The unlawful , intentional inflicting, or attempting or threatened inflicting, of serious injury upon the person of another.

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

An unlawful attack by one person upon another. Historically, assault meant only the attempt to inflict injury on another person; a completed constituted the separate offense of battery.

Question 3

Burglary

Answer 3

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft (excludes tents, trailers, and other mobile units used for recreational purposes).

Question 4

What are three different components of a burglary as defined

Answer 4

1) an unlawful entry of an unlocked structure has occurred 2) a breaking and entering (of a secured structure) has taken place, or 3) a burglary has been attempted.

Question 5

Larceny-Theft

Answer 5

The unlawful taking of attempted taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property, from the possession or constructive possession of another. Almost anything of value can be stolen. Only a small percentage of all larcenies are actually reported to the police because of the small dollar amounts involved.

Question 6

Identity theft

Answer 6

A crime which an impostor obtains key pieces of information, such as Social Security and driver’s license numbers, to obtain credit, merchandise, and services in the name of the victim.

Question 7

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics which crime is the fastest type in America

Answer 7

Identity theft

Question 8

Motor vehicle theft

Answer 8

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.

Question 9

Motor vehicle

Answer 9

A self-propelled road vehicle that runs on land surface and not on rails. The stealing of trains, planes, boats, construction equipment, and most farm machinery is classified as larceny under the UCR/NIBRS Program, not as motor vehicle theft.

Question 10

Arson

Answer 10

Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, and so on.

Question 11

Part I offenses

Answer 11

A UCR/NIBRS offense group used to report murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, as defined under the FBI’s UCR/NIBRS Program.

Question 12

Rape

Answer 12

Unlawful sexual intercourse achieved through force and without consent. More specifically, penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

Question 13

Statutory rape

Answer 13

Sexual intercourse with a person who is under the legal age of consent.

Question 14

Date rape

Answer 14

Unlawful forced sexual intercourse with a person, without his or her consent, that occurs within the context of a dating relationship. Date rape, or acquaintance rape, is a subcategory of rape.

Question 15

Robbery

Answer 15

The unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is in the immediate possession of another by force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Question 16

Simple assault is not a felony

Answer 16

False. A misdemeanor.

Question 17

Aggravated assault is a misdemeanor

Answer 17

False. A felony.

Question 18

Does simple assaults at times include fistfights considered a battery?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Which of the following is not a problem with the UCR program?

Answer 19

The UCR does not include data on crimes committed against children under the age of 12.

Question 20

Each of the following offenses falls under the category of larceny except

Answer 20

robbery

Question 21

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Answer 21

An annual survey of selected American households conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of criminal victimization–especially unreported victimization–in the United States.

Question 22

National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Answer 22

An incident-based reporting system that collects data on every single crime occurrence. NIBRS data will soon supercede the kinds of summary data that traditionally been provided by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Question 23

murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (UCR/NIBRS)

Answer 23

Intentionally causing the death of another without legal justification or excuse. Also,causing the death of another while committing or attempting to commit another crime.

Question 24

Which of the following crime victims would not be included in the sample of individuals surveyed for the NCVS?

Answer 24

A 10-year old boy who was beaten up and whose bicycle was stolen.

Question 25

Part II offenses

Answer 25

A UCR/NIBRS offense group used to report arrests for less serious offenses. Agencies are limited to reporting only arrest information for offenses with the exception of simple assault.

Question 26

simple assault (UCR/NIBRS)

Answer 26

The unlawful threatening, attempted inflicting, or inflicting of less-than-serious bodily injury, without a deadly weapon.

Question 27

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

Answer 27

A statistical reporting system run by the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. The UCR Program publishes Crime in the United States, which provides an annual summation of the incidence and rate of reported crimes throughout the US.

Question 28

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Answer 28

A U.S. Department of Justice agency responsible for the collection of criminal justice data, including the annual National Crime Victimization Survey.

Question 29

Crime Index

Answer 29

A now defunct but once inclusive measure of the UCR Program violent and property crime categories, or what are Part I offenses. The index has been intended as a tool for geographic (state to state) and historical (year to year).