Exam 7: Traditional Crimes

What does the term "intimate femicide" mean?

Computer viruses and denials of service are examples of cyber attacks.

Parricide includes both matricide and patricide.

Aggravated assault is often, simply, an unsuccessful homicide.

Motor vehicle theft is highly reported due to insurance companies requiring police reports prior to payment.

Using the information contained in Table 7.1 of your textbook, explain how age is related to homicide victimization.

Offense rates reflect the number of arrests and convictions attributed to a perpetrator within a specified period of time.

Ransomware blocks the use of a computer and/or access to information on a computer until a ransom is paid.

To what does the FBI definition "an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury" refer?

What does it mean to say that a social group is over-represented in homicide victimization statistics?

Cybercrime is the theft of computers and other electronic devices.

Why do a large number of commercial burglaries take place at night?

It is important to avoid euphemisms in death notification.

How worried are Americans about being burglarized?

What insights do lifetime murder victimization rates provide?

Look at the information contained in Figure 7.4 of your textbook. What types of larceny/thefts are most common?

What is the FBI definition of "burglary"?

Which of the following terms best describes a robbery in which the suspect did NOT use a weapon?

What is "infanticide"? "Eldercide"?

Homicide is a leading cause of death among which one of the following demographic groups?