Chapter 2 Self Quiz

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. Which measure of crime provides an exact count of the number of offenses that have occurred in the United States in a given year?

Uniform Crime Reports correct incorrect

National Crime Victimization Survey correct incorrect

National Incident-Based Reporting System correct incorrect

None of these. correct incorrect

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. This term describes criminal offenses that are unreported to law enforcement officials and never recorded.

unknown crime correct incorrect

clearances correct incorrect

dark figure of crime correct incorrect

street crime correct incorrect

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. Which study represents a major government effort to measure crime in the United States?

National Self-Report Survey Program correct incorrect

Uniform Crime Reports correct incorrect

Bureau of Justice Statistics Reporting Program correct incorrect

National Incidental Reporting System correct incorrect

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. The National Crime Victimization Survey provides information about victims, offenders, and _____.

street crime correct incorrect

reported crime correct incorrect

unreported crime correct incorrect

white-collar crime correct incorrect

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. For which crime survey does the FBI collect data?

National Crime Victimization Survey correct incorrect

Uniform Crime Reports correct incorrect

National Survey on Drug Use and Health correct incorrect

Monitoring the Future correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not one of the four violent offenses measured by the UCR?

rape correct incorrect

robbery correct incorrect

arson correct incorrect

aggravated assault correct incorrect

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. What is the closure of an offense by either arrest or other means called?

clearance correct incorrect

conclusion correct incorrect

trial correct incorrect

verdict correct incorrect

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. The UCR's hierarchy rule states that in an incident involving multiple offenses, only the most _____ offense is officially recorded.

costly correct incorrect

interesting correct incorrect

criminal correct incorrect

serious correct incorrect

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. If a jurisdiction with a population of 15,001,418 has 57,612 estimated offenses in 2018, what is its crime rate?

384 offenses per person correct incorrect

449 offenses per person correct incorrect

10 offenses per person correct incorrect

57,612 offenses per person correct incorrect

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. The UCR provides an unsatisfactory picture of this type of crime.

white-collar correct incorrect

street correct incorrect

property correct incorrect

violent correct incorrect

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. Which agency conducts the National Crime Victimization Survey?

Census Bureau correct incorrect

Federal Bureau of Investigation correct incorrect

Bureau of Justice Statistics correct incorrect

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention correct incorrect

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. Intimate-partner violence is abuse that occurs between two people _____.

who don't know each other but have had sex once correct incorrect

in a spousal, domestic, or romantic relationship correct incorrect

who know each other correct incorrect

None of these. correct incorrect

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. Most of the problems with the NCVS are related to this.

under-reporting of victimization correct incorrect

over-reporting of victimization correct incorrect

the dark figure of crime correct incorrect

the reporting of respondents under the age of 12 correct incorrect

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. These reports are based on data from individuals about any criminal offenses they have committed.

Uniform Crime Reports correct incorrect

National Crime Victimization Survey correct incorrect

National Incident-Based Reporting System correct incorrect

self-report studies correct incorrect

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. This type of study follows respondents throughout much of their lives.

cross-sectional correct incorrect

longitudinal correct incorrect

self-report correct incorrect

cohort correct incorrect