Question 1

The UCR consistently documents more crime than the NCVS.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What does sample size have to do with the NORC findings?

Accepted Answer

Sample size is a crucial factor in any r

Question 3

The annual FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is based upon which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  victim surveys 
B)  self-report data 
C)  crimes known to the police 
D)  insurance reports 
E)  the "dark figure of crime" 
A)  victim surveys 
B)  self-report data 
C)  crimes known to the police 
D)  insurance reports 
E)  the "dark figure of crime"

Question 4

How does "event dependency" help explain repeat victimization?

Accepted Answer

Event dependency in the context of repea

Question 5

What conclusion would victimologists reach if incidence was greater than prevalence in a victim survey?

Accepted Answer

A)  the subjective odds of victimization have soared 
B)  the objective odds of victimization have soared 
C)  repeat victimization does not exist 
D)  repeat victimization does exist 
E)  there is an acute need to examine police patrol tactics 
A)  the subjective odds of victimization have soared 
B)  the objective odds of victimization have soared 
C)  repeat victimization does not exist 
D)  repeat victimization does exist 
E)  there is an acute need to examine police patrol tactics

Question 6

Revictimization occurs when the number of victims exceeds the number of incidents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to the hierarchy rule, only the top 3 offenses per day are submitted to the UCR from each jurisdictional agency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Do telescoping and memory decay balance each other?

Accepted Answer

Telescoping and memory decay are two dif

Question 9

What is the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS)?

Accepted Answer

The International Crime Victims Survey (

Question 10

When a researcher checks for an official police report stored under the respondent's name after the respondent identifies himself or herself as a crime victim, that researcher is conducting what type of a study?

Accepted Answer

A)  panel design 
B)  reverse record check 
C)  forward record check 
D)  cohort analysis 
E)  propensity score analysis 
A)  panel design 
B)  reverse record check 
C)  forward record check 
D)  cohort analysis 
E)  propensity score analysis

Question 11

Another name for the dark figure of crime is Batman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is NIBRS?

Accepted Answer

NIBRS stands for the National Incident-B

Question 13

A victimization that does not conform to the usual stereotype is known as a gray-area event.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the advantage of screen questions on victimization surveys?

Accepted Answer

A)  They give you an idea about what the interviewers are going to ask you next. 
B)  They serve as prompts for recalling past victimization experiences. 
C)  They only ask about crimes that occurred in the past twelve months. 
D)  None because they serve as fillers until the interviewer gets to the real questions. 
E)  All of the above are advantages. 
A)  They give you an idea about what the interviewers are going to ask you next. 
B)  They serve as prompts for recalling past victimization experiences. 
C)  They only ask about crimes that occurred in the past twelve months. 
D)  None because they serve as fillers until the interviewer gets to the real questions. 
E)  All of the above are advantages.

Question 15

What is a victimization survey?

Accepted Answer

A victimization survey is a research met

Question 16

Explain what "vulnerability" means.

Accepted Answer

Vulnerability, in a broad sense, refers

Question 17

What is a "gray-area event"?

Accepted Answer

A "gray-area event" refers to a situatio

Question 18

Telescoping occurs when respondents mistakenly bring criminal events that occurred outside the time frame into the survey period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What does "risk heterogeneity" mean?

Accepted Answer

Risk heterogeneity refers to the variati

Question 20

What does a comparison of the number of crimes reported in the NCVS with the number of crimes reported in the UCR tell us?

Accepted Answer

A comparison of the number of crimes rep

The UCR consistently documents more crime than the NCVS.

What does sample size have to do with the NORC findings?

The annual FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is based upon which of the following?

How does "event dependency" help explain repeat victimization?

What conclusion would victimologists reach if incidence was greater than prevalence in a victim survey?

Revictimization occurs when the number of victims exceeds the number of incidents.

According to the hierarchy rule, only the top 3 offenses per day are submitted to the UCR from each jurisdictional agency.

Do telescoping and memory decay balance each other?

What is the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS)?

When a researcher checks for an official police report stored under the respondent's name after the respondent identifies himself or herself as a crime victim, that researcher is conducting what type of a study?

Another name for the dark figure of crime is Batman.

What is NIBRS?

A victimization that does not conform to the usual stereotype is known as a gray-area event.

What is the advantage of screen questions on victimization surveys?

What is a victimization survey?

Explain what "vulnerability" means.

What is a "gray-area event"?

Telescoping occurs when respondents mistakenly bring criminal events that occurred outside the time frame into the survey period.

What does "risk heterogeneity" mean?

What does a comparison of the number of crimes reported in the NCVS with the number of crimes reported in the UCR tell us?

The Scope of Victimology

The Costs of Victimization

Remedying the Impact of Victimization

Restorative Justice

Victim Rights

Traditional Crimes

Sexual Battery

Intimate Partner Violence

Child Maltreatment

Crime and the Elderly

Hate Crime Victimization

Victimization at School

Victimization at Work

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Exam 2: Measuring Criminal Victimization

The UCR consistently documents more crime than the NCVS.

What does sample size have to do with the NORC findings?

The annual FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is based upon which of the following?

How does "event dependency" help explain repeat victimization?

What conclusion would victimologists reach if incidence was greater than prevalence in a victim survey?

Revictimization occurs when the number of victims exceeds the number of incidents.

According to the hierarchy rule, only the top 3 offenses per day are submitted to the UCR from each jurisdictional agency.

Do telescoping and memory decay balance each other?

What is the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS)?

When a researcher checks for an official police report stored under the respondent's name after the respondent identifies himself or herself as a crime victim, that researcher is conducting what type of a study?

Another name for the dark figure of crime is Batman.

What is NIBRS?

A victimization that does not conform to the usual stereotype is known as a gray-area event.

What is the advantage of screen questions on victimization surveys?

What is a victimization survey?

Explain what "vulnerability" means.

What is a "gray-area event"?

Telescoping occurs when respondents mistakenly bring criminal events that occurred outside the time frame into the survey period.

What does "risk heterogeneity" mean?

What does a comparison of the number of crimes reported in the NCVS with the number of crimes reported in the UCR tell us?

The Scope of Victimology

The Costs of Victimization

Remedying the Impact of Victimization

Restorative Justice

Victim Rights

Traditional Crimes

Sexual Battery

Intimate Partner Violence

Child Maltreatment

Crime and the Elderly

Hate Crime Victimization

Victimization at School

Victimization at Work

Filters