Exam 3: General Characteristics of Crime and Criminals

The belief that the observation of media violence increases the propensity to violence is referred to as the precipitation hypothesis.

A major form of crime that tends to increase during wartime is white-collar crime.

What is desistance? (Define the term as it is used in criminology.)

Descriptions of characteristics of crime and criminals can vary immensely, depending on the sources of information.

Which of the following was classified by Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber (1986) as a medium predictor?

The region of the United States of America with the lowest overall crime rate is the ______.

As other minority groups that at one time were discriminated against were able to overcome difficulties, many question why blacks have not been able to achieve the same success. Identify and discuss three plausible explanations from the National Advisory Commission on

According to the text, the traditional handmaiden of sexism has been ______.

There is a positive relationship between the amount of formal schooling individuals possess and arrest rates for traditional crimes.

UCR statistics in general show a negative relationship in which, as the size of community increases, the crime rate also increases.

Race is a relatively arbitrary, socially defined construct.

According to the text, ______ is the explanation for higher crime rates, rather than denominational affiliation.

Most of those arrested are ______.

What does the "catharsis hypothesis" argue regarding the relationship between media violence and crime?

All of the following were suggested as reasons for differences between the immigrant and black experiences except ______.

The gap between male and female crime rates is ______ in modernized societies.

The charge that criminology has reflected a male-centered bias is referred to as the androcentric bias.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between immigration and crime in the United States of America?

Identify one reason the lower class might be more heavily represented in official crime statistics.

All of the following were identified as the most important variables correlated with delinquency except ______.