Exam 11: Crime

______ crimes are defined as offenses with effects that can be felt across national borders.

Of the following crimes,______ has the lowest clearance rate.

All of the following are examples of specialized courts,EXCEPT ______.

About ______ of all homicides involve a male offender and a male victim.

Nationwide,the number of reported violent crimes and property crimes has increased over the past two decades.

Smoking marijuana would best be characterized as a ______ crime.

While strain theory can explain ______ crimes,it cannot explain ______.

Routine activities theory suggests that crime occurs when three things converge in space and time.Name those three things and the important policy implications from this theory.

Today,about ______ of U.S.prison inmates are Black or Latino.

The ______ process requires both attorneys to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of their case and come to a resolution short of trial.

If an individual robs a convenience store and in the process shoots the clerk,only the shooting will be reported to the FBI through the UCR.

In 2002,about ______ of all felony convictions in state courts were the result of the plea bargain process.

______ is the theory that members of the upper class make the laws to serve and protect their own interest to the detriment of the lower class.

There is no single understanding of crime as a social problem.

______ crimes violate our moral conscience.