Chapter 02 True/False Self-Quiz

. The National Incident-Based Reporting System does not account for successfully completed drug transactions because buyers consider themselves satisfied customers, not crime victims, and thus do not report these offenses in victimization surveys.

. The National Incident-Based Reporting System gathers data on all offenses committed in a multi-crime incident.

. Considering victimization is not a way to understand crime.

. All crimes involve a discernible victim.

. Victimization surveys do not provide a comprehensive account of crime.

. Burglary is different from larceny-theft.

. Measuring crime is easy.

. The Uniform Crime Reports provide a useful picture of crime in the United States.

. The stigma of being a victim of rape or sexual assault is so strong that many victims do not want to go through the trauma of dealing with the criminal justice system.

. One study found that hate crimes are disproportionately directed "downward," that is, the offenders typically belong to a majority or powerful social group, and the victims to a minority social group.

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