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IMOR ch 6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is a data series that has been collected since 1930? | UCR |
| One of the most interesting aspects of ADAM was that it combined urinalysis and: | Self-report measures of drug use |
| With regard to the UCR, Part I offenses are counted only when: | The offenses are reported to police & The offenses are recorded by police |
| With regard to measures of crime, the specific entities that researchers collect information about are known as: | Units of analysis |
| The NVCS is based on a nationally representative sample of: | Households |
| The most widely known victim survey is the: | NCVS |
| What is one of the chief advantages of measuring crime through victim surveys? | Assists with obtaining counts of incidents not reported to police |
| Which of the following are not accounted for by the NCVS? | Crimes that have commercial establishments as victims |
| Which of the following are referred to as a summary based measure of crime? | UCR |
| n an incident containing multiple crimes, the most serious one is counted in the UCR. This practice is known as the: | Hierarchy rule |
| The most effective method of accounting for certain crimes such as delinquency and victimless crimes is: | Self-report surveys |
| It is fair to say that the UCR is: | Not a truly reliable measure |
| When crimes are selectively reported to police and selectively recorded by police, this falls under which method of reporting crime? | NIBRS |
| Monitoring the Future is a survey that targets a specific population, namely: | High school seniors |
| Telescoping refers to: | When respondents may not accurately recall when an incident occurred |
| The most widely used measure of crime are based on police records and are commonly referred to as: | Crimes known to police |
| The Drug Abuse Warning Network gathers data from which of the following? | Samples of hospitals, Samples about medical examiners nationwide, and drug episodes |
| Which of the following is a weakness of the NCVS? | People that have been victims repeatedly in a six-month period may not recall each one |
| A major issue of the NCVS is that only residents over the age of ______ may be interviewed: | 12 |
| Which of the following are considered to be crime measurement "units of analysis"? | Households, Businesses, and Victims of assault |
| One important step in selecting a measure of crime is deciding what crimes will be included: (T/F) | True |
| The UCR accounts for all types of crime, even those crimes that are not observed: (T/F) | False |
| NIBRS reports each crime incident rather than the total number of certain crimes: (T/F) | True |
| Researchers must decide on offenses, units and purposes before specifying measures of crime: (T/F) | True |
| For fear of being sued, governmental agencies rarely keep records that document their actions and areas of responsibility: (T/F) | False |
| Dark figure of unreported crime | One of the primary reasons for conducting crime surveys was to illustrate unreported crimes; Crime that is not reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials |
| Offenses | An individual act of burglary, auto theft, or bank robbery |
| Incident | One or more offenses committed by the same offender, or group of offenders acting in concert, at the same time and place |
| Surveillance system | In the field of public health, "monitoring" (in order to measure crime). |
| Victim survey | Asks people whether or not they have been the victim of a crime |
| Surveys that are best at measuring crimes that do not have readily identifiable victims and those that are less observed by police: | Self-report |
| Systems that have been developed to obtain alternative measures of drug use: | Surveillance systems |
| Victimless crimes | ,Delinquency, crimes rarely observed may be measures by self-report surveys |
| NIBRS | Effort to convert the UCR to a more comprehensible crime report; Voluntary, no agency is required to submit crime reports to the FBI in any form. |
| UCR crime data is complied by the: | FBI |
| Observation | Two methods that police comes to know about crimes are observation and reports by others |
| The victim in crimes such as prostitution, drug use and bookmaking is: | Society |
| The four elements of a crime for reports purposes are offender, victim, ______, and incident: | Offense |
| ____ of a crime are important for many criminal justice research purposes: | Measures |
| One purpose for measuring crime is: | Monitor potential threats to public safety and security |
| Which of the following is used to gather data for the NSDUH? | Households |
| When crimes happen at home and/or against persons, what is the best measure to use if the crimes are not reported to police? | NCVS |
| The main purpose of ADAM was to provide an ongoing assessment of the prevalence of drug use among: | Person arrested for criminal offenses |
| Which of the following surveys have been conducted since 1971, surveys households, and is designed to monitor nationwide patterns? | NSDUH |
| According to the textbook, which two series of crime measures seek to assess the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the nation? | UCR and NCVS |
| Which of the following is a fundamental variable in criminal justice and criminology? | Crime |
| Which of the following crimes is least likely to be reported in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data? | Drug use. NCVS programs do not gather data for victimless crimes |
| Apart from reported crimes, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) focuses on __________. | Uncovering the dark figure of crime. Seek to cover crimes that go unreported |
| Part I offenses (index crimes) | murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson |
| Part II Offenses | A UCR/NIBRS offense group used to report arrests for less serious offenses. Agencies are limited to reporting only arrest information for Part II offenses, with the exception of simple assault. |
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