Question 1

What is a bounding interview?

Accepted Answer

Interview improvement in the NCVS methodology that involves comparing reported incidents from the same household in the current interview with those reported 6 months prior.

Question 2

The term index crime refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the nation's murder rate
B)  Part I offenses on the UCR
C)  Part II offenses on the UCR
D)  the rate of violent victimizations reported on the NCVS B

Question 3

One weakness of the NCVS is that it

Accepted Answer

A)  only reflects crimes that have been reported to the police
B)  only provides statistics on property crimes
C)  is not based on a representative sample of the United States
D)  does not provide any statistics on victimless crimes D

Question 4

The crime ______ is the actual number of reported crimes standardized by some unit of the population.

Accepted Answer

A)  rate
B)  statistic
C)  degree
D)  ratio

Question 5

Define the hierarchy rule.How does it relate to both the UCR and NIBRS?

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Question 6

The hierarchy rule refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  fact that those of a higher socioeconomic status are less likely to be arrested for crimes
B)  ranking system of different crime data sources by their level of accuracy
C)  practice of only reporting the most serious offense committed in a given incident
D)  tendency of respondents to only report serious crimes in self-report surveys

Question 7

How is a crime rate calculated?

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Question 8

List and briefly describe the main ways crime and criminal behavior are measured in the United States.

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Question 9

Part II offenses are all universally condemned mala in se offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What are the two areas of agreement between the UCR and the NCVS?

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Question 11

Nearly all index crimes are mala prohibita offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One advantage of self-report surveys is that they provide a

Accepted Answer

A)  good source of information regarding violent crimes
B)  way for criminologists to collect data without relying on government sources
C)  good reflection of the crimes reported to police each year
D)  data that has been held to strict legal standards

Question 13

A criminologist wants to learn about the rates of truancy and smoking among adolescents.To do this, he or she would be best served by referencing which of the following sources?

Accepted Answer

A)  UCR
B)  NCVS
C)  NIBRS
D)  self-report surveys

Question 14

Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the UCR and NCVS in assessing the number of rapes that occur in the United States in a given year.Which do you feel is a stronger tool for this purpose? Support your answer.

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Question 15

NCVS stands for National Crime Victimization Survey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The UCR divides crimes into two categories called

Accepted Answer

A)  Part I and Part II offenses
B)  violent crimes and property crimes
C)  Group A and Group B offenses
D)  mala in se and mala prohibita offenses

Question 17

NIBRS collects crime data from which of the following categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Part I and Part II offenses
B)  mala in se and mala prohibita offenses
C)  violent and victimless offenses
D)  Group A and Group B offenses

Question 18

Which of the following is commonly used to refer to the number of crimes that are committed, but which never come to light?

Accepted Answer

A)  the dark figure of crime
B)  the undiscovered crime rate
C)  unknown deviance
D)  the indexed crimes

Question 19

When attempting to understand, predict, and control any social problem, including the crime problem, the first step is to determine its ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  cause
B)  seriousness
C)  source
D)  extent

Question 20

What does NCVS stand for?

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Exam 2: Measuring Crime and Criminal Behavior

What is a bounding interview?

The term index crime refers to

One weakness of the NCVS is that it

The crime ______ is the actual number of reported crimes standardized by some unit of the population.

Define the hierarchy rule.How does it relate to both the UCR and NIBRS?

The hierarchy rule refers to the

How is a crime rate calculated?

List and briefly describe the main ways crime and criminal behavior are measured in the United States.

Part II offenses are all universally condemned mala in se offenses.

What are the two areas of agreement between the UCR and the NCVS?

Nearly all index crimes are mala prohibita offenses.

One advantage of self-report surveys is that they provide a

A criminologist wants to learn about the rates of truancy and smoking among adolescents.To do this, he or she would be best served by referencing which of the following sources?

Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the UCR and NCVS in assessing the number of rapes that occur in the United States in a given year.Which do you feel is a stronger tool for this purpose? Support your answer.

NCVS stands for National Crime Victimization Survey.

The UCR divides crimes into two categories called

NIBRS collects crime data from which of the following categories?

Which of the following is commonly used to refer to the number of crimes that are committed, but which never come to light?

When attempting to understand, predict, and control any social problem, including the crime problem, the first step is to determine its ______.

What does NCVS stand for?