Exam 2: The Crime Picture

Murders are usually committed by strangers.

________ crime is a violation of the criminal law committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his or her occupation.

The clearance rate compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved through arrest or other means (such as the death of the suspect).

The United States Congress authorized the attorney general to gather and publish the Uniform Crime Reports in:

Nationally,crime statistics come from two major sources: the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR)and

Simple assaults:

All of the following are Part I property crime offenses except:

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony is defined as:

Which of the following would be included in UCR/NIBRS murder statistics?

Describe Identity Theft and the steps taken to combat it.

About fifty percent of hate crimes are motivated by ________ bias.

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column. -The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony.

Match the term in the numbered column with the answer in the lettered column. -Intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person,without his or her consent.

An unlawful attack by one person upon another is the crime of ________.

What was the Crime Index and how did it relate crime? When and why was it discontinued?

Define and discuss hate crimes.What are the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and how do they impact hate crimes?