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what does UCR (Uniform Crime Report) data measure?

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reported crime

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what does mala in se describe?

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Crime that are inherently bad (in and of itself)

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what does mala prohibita describe?

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behavior deemed illegal because the prohibits the behavior

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what are Part I Index crimes?

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major felonies, mala en se crimes

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what makes up Part II offenses?

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less serious offenses, displayed only by arrest data, simple assault, fraud, vandalism, prostitution
Only arrest data is collected

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what data should you use to find out how many victims know their offenders?

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National Crime Victimization Survey data

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which of the following is a limitation of the UCR data?

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It cannot measure victim-offender relationships, doesn’t cross-analyze demographics, it misses hidden crime

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what is a correlate of a crime?

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A variable that is statistically associated with crime

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What is under-representation in arrest (for a group, for example)?

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the proportion of arrests less than the proportion of the population

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which of the following best describes property crime trends over the last three decades?

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it has decreased significantly

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what is over-representation in arrest?

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proportion of arrests more than proportion of population

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what does the NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) measure?

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Aims to understand the extent of crimes that go unrported. property crimes and victimization, demographics on victims and offenders, crime circumstances

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what is the consensus model of the law?

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shared morals so shared views on crime. Emile Durkheim assumes our consensus of right and wrong

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what does a structural level of analysis mean?

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macro analysis- a social structure is analyzed

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which of the following is a major demographic correlate of crime?

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gender/sex, race/ethnicity, place

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what is an assumption of the group conflict model of law?

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there are many sources of power, law is a prize awarded to those with power, and beliefs of law are based on the group you are a part of
Law reflects behavior based on your social group

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what do qualitative and field study data measure?

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descriptions of behavior, culture, and place

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which of the following is a limitation of the NCVS data?

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telescoping, cannot be used for smaller cities, memory errors

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what is a theory in social science?

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a framework to answer why processes and behaviors occur.

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what does the individual level of analysis mean?

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a person is looked at on a micro level

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how does Differential Association Theory view crime?

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crime is learned like other social processes

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what data should you use to find out the homicide rate in California?

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official data

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what does cross-level analysis look like?

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both structures and individuals are studied

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which of the following is an assumption of the class conflict model of the law?

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conflict between the well-off and the less well-off, law is a tool used by the rich, and beliefs are based on the class you’re in.

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How does the Labeling Perspective view crime?
person is labeled as bad so they internalize this and act so
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according to the Routine Activities Perspective:
victimization is explained by the everyday activities of life
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which is an example of social structure?
neighborhoods
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what data should you use to study the hierarchies among drug cartels?
qualitative/field study data
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what does Anomie mean?
Normlessness
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True or False: Criminology as a field is concerned with the collection and analysis of forensic data.
false
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the definition closest to the ritualist mode of adaptation (Anomie Theory) is:
one who follows societal means but doesn't focus on goals
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What is the best universal predictor (holds over time and place) of...
age
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True or false: one criticism of the NCVS is that it applies a hierarchy of crime and only reports the most serious of crimes
False
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One critique of differential association theory is that it does not really account for...?
personal choice/agency
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True or false: Merton's Anomie theory argued that normlessness/anomie and thus crime is solely the result of low SES
false
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the class conflict model of law has its roots in which major theorist's philosophy?
Karl Marx
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this is the explicit function of a law- what the law primarily intends to do.
manifest function
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True or false: according to labeling theory, everyone who is labeled as a deviant will eventually commit a crime
false
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to get the most accurate data on rape and sexual assault, one should look to which source? (but with caution)
the NCVS
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Vandalism, larceny theft, robbery, and burglary occur in the same incident. Which one will the traditional UCR report?
Robbery
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routine activities theory is a theory about ____ and thus doesn't explain why someone commits a crime.
victimization
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You want to study crime rates in a rural area in the northeastern United States. Which data source would be best?
Official data (UCR/NIBRS)
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True or false: Official data (UCR/NIBRS) is always trustworthy because police departments always report their crime data accurately.
False
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Which of the following would apply a deviant label to a person according to the Labeling Theory?
publicly practicing a religion that isn't the dominant on in society, having a public outburst due to a mental health issue, and wearing clothes to school that are garish and weird-looking.
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The consensus model of law stems from or is attributed to the work of which theorist?
Durkheim
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According to Routine Activities Theory, what would be the effective strategy to protect your home from burglary?
setting up an alarm system, getting a big loud dog, and having multiple locks on your doors.
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True or false: official data includes information on commercial and residential crime whereas the NCVS accounts for residential only
True
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who is statistically most likely to commit a crime?
young men
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True or false: critical theories assume that the law benefits everyone equally.
False
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A crime that is, more or less, universally agreed to be morally reprehensible.
Mala en se
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you want to learn what crimes the police are focusing on. What data source should you use?
official data (UCR/NIBRS)
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True or false: triangulation means repeating the same study multiple times to see if the results can be replicated.
false
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according to DAT an opportunity to commit a crime that is not obvious to the average person is a...
subjective opportunity
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a law prevents public employees (ex. teachers) from organizing a strike. What model of law does this represent?
class conflict
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according to anomie theory which mode of adaptation is most closely associated with crime?
innovation
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True or false: a primary limitation of the NCVS is inaccurate reporting under-reporting certain crimes and over-report other crimes
true
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since the 1990s crime rates in the U.S. have...
fallen considerably and for the most part consistently
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True or false: when using all available sources of data, we are confident that we have a complete and correct picture of crime.
false
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according to DAT which would be MOST influential and most heavily weighted for one's chances of committing a crime?
relationship with parents or friends
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True or false: qualitative data can get information that quantitative data can not allowing us to study hard-to-study groups
true
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one way to account for telescoping and memory issues when collecting NCVS data is...
bounding
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